Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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background | Yes | No | Yes | No |
emphasize | No | No | Yes | No |
background (noun) | emphasize (noun) |
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scenery hung at back of stage | |
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | |
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | |
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | |
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | |
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | |
the state of the environment in which a situation exists |
background (verb) | emphasize (verb) |
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understate the importance or quality of | to stress, single out as important |
give extra weight to (a communication) |