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1background — background, setting, environment, milieu, mise en scène, backdrop are comparable when they refer to persons and their actions as found in real life or as represented in art and denote the place, time, circumstances, and conditions in which those… …
2Scene of Irony — in Lancaster, UK, March 2011 Background information Origin St.Louis, Missouri United States …
3background — [bak′ground΄] n. 1. the part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back 2. surroundings, esp. those behind something and providing harmony or contrast; surface against which something is seen 3. a less important or unobtrusive… …
4scene — [n1] setting of a performance or event arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set,… …
5scene — I noun act, arena, background, display, episode, eyereach, eyeshot, field, landscape, locale, locality, location, locus, panorama, place, range, scaena, scope, setting, sight, site, spectacle, sphere, stage, stage setting, surroundings, theater,… …
6background — index atmosphere, basis, case (set of circumstances), context, determinant, preparation, scene Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burto …
7background — ► NOUN 1) part of a scene or description that forms a setting for the main figures or events. 2) information or circumstances that influence or explain something. 3) a person s education, experience, and social circumstances. 4) a persistent low… …
8background — n. one s experience, past 1) to check smb. s background 2) a broad; narrow; rich; specialized background 3) one s academic, educational; cultural; religious background 4) a background for (to have the right background for a job) rear part of a… …
9background — I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1672 1. a. the scenery or ground behind something b. the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground 2. an inconspicuous position 3. a. the conditions that form the setting… …
10background — noun 1) a background of palm trees Syn: backdrop, backcloth, surrounding(s), setting, scene 2) students from many different backgrounds Syn: social circumstances, family circumstances; environment, class, culture, t …