backgrounds
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Is backgrounds a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of backgrounds?
Definition
noun (English)
1. a person's social heritage: previous experience or trainingExamples: "he is a lawyer with a sports background"Synonyms: background
2. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foregroundExamples: "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"Synonyms: background, ground
3. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problemExamples: "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"Synonyms: background, background knowledge
4. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measuredExamples: "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"Synonyms: background, background signal
5. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situationExamples: "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"Synonyms: background
6. the state of the environment in which a situation existsExamples: "you can't do that in a university setting"Synonyms: background, scope, setting
verb (English)
1. understate the importance or quality ofExamples: "he played down his royal ancestry"Synonyms: background, downplay, play downAntonyms: foreground, play up
Definition source: Wiktionary