| background | |
| 1. adj. Less important in a scene. | |
| background noise. | |
| 2. n. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. | |
| The lawyer had a background in computer science. | |
| 3. n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. | |
| 4. n. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history. | |
| 5. n. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground). | |
| There was tons of noise in the background. | |
| The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait. | |
| 6. n. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows). | |
| 7. n. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user. | |
| The antivirus program is running in the background. | |
| 8. v. To put in a position that is not prominent. | |
| 9. v. (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on). | |
