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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Background

Background (background)
n.((?))
Back"ground`
[Back, a. + ground.]

  1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
  2. The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

    * The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. Fairholt.

  3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
  4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

    I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance.
    Mrs. Alexander.

    A husband somewhere in the background.
    Thackeray.

    To place in the background, to make of little consequence.














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