1. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training.

Rhymes with Background

• battleground
• campground
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• electrosound
• fairground
• foreground
• foxhound
• greyhound
• hidebound
• homebound
• horehound
• merry-go-round
• outbound
• playground
• runaround
• snowbound
• southbound
• spellbound

How do you pronounce background?

Pronounce background as ˈbækˌgraʊnd.

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How do you spell background? Is it backround ?

A common misspelling of background is backround

Sentences with background

1. Noun, singular or mass
Each fact can have a different colored background.

Quotes about background

1. I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.
- Mario Lopez

2. I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.
- Madonna Ciccone

3. I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
- Eddie Vedder

2. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.

3. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.

4. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.

5. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.

6. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the state of the environment in which a situation exists.

7. background

verb. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] understate the importance or quality of.

8. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] scenery hung at back of stage.

9. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.