background - Meaning in Malayalam

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background - Meaning in Malayalam

background Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of background in English

background noun

1. scenery hung at back of stage

   Synonyms

   backcloth, backdrop

   പശ്ചാത്തലം

2. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

   Synonyms

   desktop, screen background

3. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

   Example

   • "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
4. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

   Synonyms

   background knowledge

   Example

   • "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
5. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

   Synonyms

   ground

   Example

   • "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
6. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

   Example

   • "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
7. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

   Synonyms

   background signal

   Example

   • "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
8. the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   Synonyms

   scope, setting

   Example

   • "you can't do that in a university setting"

background verb

1. understate the importance or quality of

   Synonyms

   downplay, play down

   Example

   • "he played down his royal ancestry"

Synonyms of background

• backcloth, backdrop
• desktop, screen background
• background knowledge
• ground
• background signal
• scope, setting
• downplay, play down

Antonyms of background

foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight

More matches for background

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