Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to background
Participle: backgrounded
Gerund: backgrounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | background |
| you | background |
| he;she;it | backgrounds |
| we | background |
| you | background |
| they | background |
Perfect
| I | have backgrounded |
| you | have backgrounded |
| he;she;it | has backgrounded |
| we | have backgrounded |
| you | have backgrounded |
| they | have backgrounded |
Past
| I | backgrounded |
| you | backgrounded |
| he;she;it | backgrounded |
| we | backgrounded |
| you | backgrounded |
| they | backgrounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had backgrounded |
| you | had backgrounded |
| he;she;it | had backgrounded |
| we | had backgrounded |
| you | had backgrounded |
| they | had backgrounded |
Future
| I | will background |
| you | will background |
| he;she;it | will background |
| we | will background |
| you | will background |
| they | will background |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backgrounded |
| you | will have backgrounded |
| he;she;it | will have backgrounded |
| we | will have backgrounded |
| you | will have backgrounded |
| they | will have backgrounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | background |
| you | background |
| he;she;it | background |
| we | background |
| you | background |
| they | background |
Perfect
| I | have backgrounded |
| you | have backgrounded |
| he;she;it | have backgrounded |
| we | have backgrounded |
| you | have backgrounded |
| they | have backgrounded |
Imperfect
| I | backgrounded |
| you | backgrounded |
| he;she;it | backgrounded |
| we | backgrounded |
| you | backgrounded |
| they | backgrounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had backgrounded |
| you | had backgrounded |
| he;she;it | had backgrounded |
| we | had backgrounded |
| you | had backgrounded |
| they | had backgrounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would background |
| you | would background |
| he;she;it | would background |
| we | would background |
| you | would background |
| they | would background |
Perfect
| I | would have backgrounded |
| you | would have backgrounded |
| he;she;it | would have backgrounded |
| we | would have backgrounded |
| you | would have backgrounded |
| they | would have backgrounded |
Imperative
| you | background |
| we | Let's background |
| you | background |
Verbs conjugated like 'background'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'background'
back-hand,
backbend,
backcross,
backdrop,
backhand,
backload,
backprint,
backread,
backroll,
backronym,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From back + ground. Compare backstory.
Sample Sentences
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Ha! I see Venus’ transit now;—lo! a new planet there;—and behind all, an infinite starry nebulousness, as if thy being were backgrounded by some spangled vail of mystery. [1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:]
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One aspect of the story that appears interesting is that the alleged rapist and victim are only referred to by name together in the same sentence once. In all the other sentences, one receives more focus, while the other is backgrounded. [2006, Paul Baker, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis, page 163:]