BACKGROUNDING Synonyms

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• status with respect to the relations between people or groups

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing

• the basis on which something is grounded

• an institution supported by an endowment

• lowest support of a structure

• education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• lowest support of a structure

• preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation

• the act of beginning something new

• the first section of a communication

• formally making a person known to another or to the public

• a basic or elementary instructional text

• a new proposal

• the act of putting one thing into another

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• the introductory section of a story

• wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)

• make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

• serve as a prelude or opening to

• play as a prelude

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

• a substance prepared according to a formula

• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)

• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

• an introduction to a play

• support from beneath

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system