Definitions For Background

noun

• Scenery hung at back of stage
• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
• A person's social heritage: previous experience or training
• Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
• The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
• Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
• Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
• The state of the environment in which a situation exists
• The part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer : the part of a scene that is behind a main figure or object in a painting, photograph, etc.
• A surface or color that is behind or around something (such as a printed design)
• A position that attracts little attention

verb

• Understate the importance or quality of