background
Noun
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is a type of: heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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same as: ground
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is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instructionsame as: background knowledge
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is a type of: disturbance, interference, noise - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communicationsubtypes:
- background noise, ground noise - extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
- background radiation - radiation coming from sources other than those being observed
same as: background signal -
is a type of: accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
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is a type of: environment - the totality of surrounding conditionssubtypes:
- canvas, canvass - the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- show window, showcase - a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresis a type of: crt screen, screen - the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tubesame as: desktop, screen background
Verb
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is a type of: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress - to stress, single out as importantsubtypes:
- wave off - dismiss as insignificant
- soft-pedal - play down or obscure
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