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background
Definition:
(nou) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training (nou) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground (nou) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem (nou) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured (nou) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation (nou) the state of the environment in which a situation exists (nou) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear (nou) scenery hung at back of stage
Phonetic Transcription:
ˈbækɡraʊnd
Examples:
This was the context and the background and the reality.
That is the context, and the Stonewall awards protest is the background.
That is unfair when considering the context of the background of Wikipedia.
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