How to pronounce“background”in English
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Definitions of “background”
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
“background noise”
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
“The lawyer had a background in computer science.”
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
“Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.”
To place in the background.
“Ha! I see Venus’ transit now;—lo! a new planet there;—and behind all, an infinite starry nebulousness, as if thy being were backgrounded by some spangled vail of mystery.”
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