Background
Understate the importance or quality of
Antonyms
The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
The state of the environment in which a situation exists
Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Synonyms
Type of
Derivation
Examples
The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Synonyms
Examples
They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
A person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Examples
He is a lawyer with a sports background
Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Examples
When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background