[{"word":"bg","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The lawyer had a background in computer science."},{"definition":"A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait."},{"definition":"The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The antivirus program is running in the background."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/background","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bg"]}]