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bakgrawon [bak.grá.wun.] : backbeat (n.) [tingog]; background (n.)
[ Etymology: English: background ]

Derivatives of bakgrawon


Glosses:
backbeat
n. (communication)1. backbeata loud steady beat.
~ rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rocka genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
~ rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rocka genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
~ musical rhythm, rhythm, beatthe basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music.; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
background
n. (attribute)1. backgrounda person's social heritage: previous experience or training.; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
~ heritage, inheritanceany attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors.; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
n. (cognition)2. background, groundthe part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
~ panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospectthe visual percept of a region.; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
n. (cognition)3. background, background knowledgeinformation that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
~ informationknowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.
n. (event)4. background, background signalextraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
~ interference, noise, disturbanceelectrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication.
~ background noise, ground noiseextraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal.
~ background radiationradiation coming from sources other than those being observed.
n. (event)5. backgroundrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
~ accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant, attendantan event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another.
n. (state)6. background, scope, settingthe state of the environment in which a situation exists.; "you can't do that in a university setting"
~ environmentthe totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
~ canvass, canvasthe setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
~ show window, showcasea setting in which something can be displayed to best effect.; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa"
n. (artifact)7. background, desktop, screen background(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
~ crt screen, screenthe display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube.
~ computer science, computingthe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures.
n. (artifact)8. backcloth, backdrop, backgroundscenery hung at back of stage.
~ scenery, scenethe painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
v. (change)9. background, downplay, play downunderstate the importance or quality of.; "he played down his royal ancestry"
~ wave offdismiss as insignificant.; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
~ soft-pedalplay down or obscure.; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
~ accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, emphasise, punctuateto stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"