background
/ˈbæk.(ɡ)ɹaʊnd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.77 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "background noise"
- "The antivirus program runs on a background thread."
- "The lawyer had a background in computer science."
- "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background."
- "There was tons of noise in the background."
- "The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait."