2. Verb. (third-person singular of background) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backgrounds
1. background [v] - See also: background
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backgrounds
Literary usage of Backgrounds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1905)
"WHARTON'S "ITALIAN Backgrounds."* Mrs. Wharton's rapidly but soundly ... But it
is only in the final essay, on "Italian Backgrounds," that one gets a clew ..."
2. Photographic Mosaics by Edward Livingston Wilson, Mathew Carey Lea (1895)
"As a general rule, dark mounts are more artistic with dark backgrounds, and
light-colored mounts with light or vignetted backgrounds, as it avoids what is ..."
3. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"As discussed below, not only can natural bioaerosol backgrounds be large compared
to the biothreat agents that must be distinguished, but concentrations can ..."
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