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backgrounding
 
Noun backgrounding has 1 sense
  1. background processing, backgrounding - the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
    --1 is a kind of priority processing
Verb background has 1 sense
  1. background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
    --1 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
    Antonyms: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
    Derived form: noun background5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
background level background model background noise background processing background radiation background signal background to the text backgrounder backgrounding backgrounds backguard backhand backhand drive backhand shot backhand stroke backhanded backhaul

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