Background

//ˈbæk(ɡ)ɹaʊnd//

Synonyms for "background" (175 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Verb(1 words)
downplay

Strong matches (53)

Noun(2 words)
desktopground

Related words (87)

Verb(1 words)
play down

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

26 entries

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

30 entries

Showing 16 of 30 words.

derived from

2 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

6 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

213 translations across 47 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • خلفية noun (computing: computer background)

Armenian

3 entries
  • խորք noun (computing: computer background)
  • նախագիտելիք noun (relevant information)
  • ֆոն noun (part of picture)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • zəmin noun (part of picture)
  • zəmin noun (relevant information)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • за́дні план noun (part of picture)
  • пахо́джанне noun (social heritage)
  • фон noun (part of picture)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • за́ден план noun (part of picture)
  • за́ден план noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • фон noun (part of picture)

Catalan

4 entries
  • antecedents noun (relevant information)
  • bagatge noun (social heritage)
  • fons noun (part of picture)
  • rerefons noun (less important feature)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 背景 noun (part of picture)
  • 背景 noun (relevant information)
  • 背景 noun (less important feature)

Czech

3 entries
  • pozadí noun (part of picture)
  • pozadí noun (relevant information)
  • zázemí noun (social heritage)

Danish

4 entries
  • baggrund noun (social heritage)
  • baggrund noun (part of picture)
  • baggrund noun (relevant information)
  • baggrund noun (less important feature)

Dutch

3 entries
  • achtergrond noun (social heritage)
  • achtergrond noun (part of picture)
  • achtergrond noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • fona tasko noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • fono noun (part of picture)
  • fono noun (computing: computer background)

Finnish

4 entries
  • historia noun (relevant information)
  • tausta noun (social heritage)
  • tausta noun (part of picture)
  • tausta noun (less important feature)

French

4 entries
  • antécédents noun (relevant information)
  • arrière-plan noun (part of picture)
  • en arrière-plan noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • fond noun (less important feature)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფონური რეჟიმი noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

German

4 entries
  • Hintergrund noun (social heritage)
  • Hintergrund noun (part of picture)
  • Hintergrund noun (relevant information)
  • Hintergrund noun (less important feature)

Greek

4 entries
  • βάθος noun (part of picture)
  • βάθος noun (less important feature)
  • καταγωγή noun (social heritage)
  • υπόβαθρο noun (relevant information)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • רֶקַע noun (social heritage)
  • רֶקַע noun (part of picture)
  • רֶקַע noun (relevant information)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पृष्ठभूमि noun (part of picture)
  • पृष्ठभूमि noun (relevant information)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • háttér noun (social heritage)
  • háttér noun (part of picture)
  • háttér noun (less important feature)
  • háttér noun (computing: computer background)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bakgrunnur noun (computing: computer background)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • foona noun (part of picture)

Irish

1 entries
  • cúlra noun (social heritage)

Italian

4 entries
  • antecedente noun (relevant information)
  • antefatto noun (relevant information)
  • bagaglio culturale noun (social heritage)
  • contesto noun (social heritage)

Japanese

4 entries
  • バックグラウンド noun (relevant information)
  • バックグラウンド noun (computing: computer background)
  • バックグラウンド noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • 背景 noun (part of picture)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ noun (part of picture)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • артқы көрініс noun (part of picture)

Korean

4 entries
  • 바탕색 noun (computing: computer background)
  • 배경 noun (part of picture)
  • 배경 noun (relevant information)
  • 배경 noun (less important feature)

Latvian

1 entries
  • fons noun (part of picture)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • позадина noun (part of picture)

Malay

4 entries
  • latar belakang noun (social heritage)
  • latar belakang noun (relevant information)
  • latar belakang noun (computing: computer background)
  • latar belakang noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

Marathi

3 entries
  • पार्श्वभूमी noun (social heritage)
  • पार्श्वभूमी noun (part of picture)
  • बॅकग्राउंड noun (computing: computer background)

Māori

1 entries
  • tuarongo noun (part of picture)

Persian

2 entries
  • پسزمینه noun (computing: computer background)
  • پسزمینه noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

Polish

4 entries
  • dalszy plan noun (part of picture)
  • dalszy plan noun (less important feature)
  • doświadczenie noun (social heritage)
  • drugi plan noun (part of picture)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • antecedente noun (relevant information)
  • experiência noun (social heritage)
  • formação noun (social heritage)
  • fundo noun (part of picture)

Romanian

3 entries
  • context noun (relevant information)
  • fundal noun (part of picture)
  • fundal noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

Russian

4 entries
  • бэ́кграунд noun (part of picture)
  • бэкгра́унд noun (social heritage)
  • бэкгра́унд noun (part of picture)
  • бэкгра́унд noun (relevant information)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cùl-fhiosrachadh noun (relevant information)
  • cùlaibh noun (computing: computer background)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kontekst noun (relevant information)
  • poreklo noun (social heritage)
  • porijeklo noun (social heritage)
  • pozadina noun (part of picture)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pozadie noun (relevant information)

Spanish

4 entries
  • antecedente noun (relevant information)
  • ascendencia noun (social heritage)
  • en segundo plano noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • fondo noun (part of picture)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bakgrund noun (social heritage)
  • bakgrund noun (part of picture)
  • bakgrund noun (relevant information)
  • bakgrund noun (less important feature)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • sanligan noun (social heritage)
  • sanligan noun (part of picture)
  • sanligan noun (relevant information)

Turkish

4 entries
  • arka noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)
  • arka plan noun (part of picture)
  • arka plan noun (computing: computer background)
  • arka plan noun (computing: activity not visible to the user)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́дній план noun (part of picture)
  • похо́дження noun (social heritage)
  • тло noun (part of picture)
  • тло noun (relevant information)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bối cảnh noun (relevant information)
  • cơ sở noun (social heritage)
  • hình nền noun (computing: computer background)
  • nền noun (social heritage)

Walloon

1 entries
  • erî-plan noun (part of picture)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.

Source: tatoeba (19002)

Pay will be based on experience and educational background.

Source: tatoeba (19527)

Students often study with music playing in the background, and people working around the house will usually turn on the television or radio to keep them company.

Source: tatoeba (21377)

Let's get a picture of us with the sea in the background.

Source: tatoeba (22214)

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