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Word entry · 10 letters

background

Best crossword clue

"Part behind the foreground"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈbæk(ɡ)ɹaʊnd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcdgknoruStarts with BEnds with D4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. understate the importance or quality of

Word origin

From back + ground. Compare backstory.

Used in a sentence

  • “background noise”
  • “The antivirus program runs on a background thread.”
  • “The lawyer had a background in computer science.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01“Part behind the foreground”10 letters
02“Part behind the subject”10 letters
03“Setting or past”10 letters
04“History or setting”10 letters

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