Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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inheritance | Yes | No | No | No |
background | Yes | No | Yes | No |
inheritance (noun) | background (noun) |
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hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | scenery hung at back of stage |
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | a person's social heritage: previous experience or training |
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner | 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 |
inheritance (verb) | background (verb) |
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understate the importance or quality of |