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This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.

According to WordNet, the noun "background" has 8 sense(s).

102768864 scenery hung at back of stage.

SUMO Mappings: Artifact (subsuming mapping)

107430480 extraneous 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".

SUMO Mappings: Radiating (subsuming mapping)

102769075 (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.

SUMO Mappings: Region (subsuming mapping)

105933834 the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills".

SUMO Mappings: Icon (subsuming mapping)

114513259 the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting".

SUMO Mappings: Region (subsuming mapping)

105823517 information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident".

SUMO Mappings: Proposition (subsuming mapping)

104921417 a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background".

SUMO Mappings: PastFn (subsuming mapping)

107285191 relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background".

SUMO Mappings: SubjectiveAssessmentAttribute (subsuming mapping)

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