Engelsk navneord: background |
1. | background (om egenskab) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He is a lawyer with a sports background.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | heritage, inheritance |
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2. | background (om erkendelse) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He posed her against a background of rolling hills.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ground |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista |
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3. | background (om erkendelse) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | background knowledge |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | information |
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4. | background (om begivenhed) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | background signal |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | disturbance, interference, noise |
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| Mere specifikke termer | background noise, background radiation, ground noise |
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5. | background (om begivenhed) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant |
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6. | background (om tilstand) the state of the environment in which a situation exists |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | You can't do that in a university setting.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | scope, setting |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | environment |
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| Mere specifikke termer | canvas, canvass, show window, showcase |
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7. | background (om genstand) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | desktop, screen background |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | CRT screen, screen |
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| Overordnet emneområde | computer science, computing |
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8. | background (om genstand) scenery hung at back of stage |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | backcloth, backdrop |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | scene, scenery |
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Engelsk udsagnsord: background |
1. | background (om ændring) understate the importance or quality of |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He played down his royal ancestry.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | downplay, play down |
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| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| Mere specifikke termer | soft-pedal, wave off |
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| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight |
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