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Word: background (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground.)
  • A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
  • computing Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user
  • computing The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are show (e.g. icons or application windows).
  • Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
  • One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.

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