1. background

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

Rhymes with Background Processing

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. processing

noun. ['ˈprɑːsɛsɪŋ'] preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.

5. background

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

6. background

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

7. background

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

8. background

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

9. background

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

10. background

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