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background

/ˈbæk.(ɡ)ɹaʊnd/ verbe C2
  1. To place in the background. (transitive)
  2. To put in a position that is not prominent. (figuratively, transitive)
  3. To gather and provide background information (on).
  4. To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot. (transitive)

He/she/it backgrounds · Prétérit backgrounded · Participe passé backgrounded · Forme en -ing backgrounding

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
background
He/she/it
backgrounds
Prétérit
backgrounded
Participe passé
backgrounded
Forme en -ing
backgrounding

Dans la bibliothèque

“No,” said the banker; “I have appeared rather ridiculous since that affair of Benedetto, so I remain in the background.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1034 · C1
Gilbert was merely smiling with appreciation of the whole affair in general and of the effect produced by Anne’s slender white form and spiritual face against a background of palms in particular.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 284 · C1
His face was clearly reflected in the glass of the window where the shutter formed a background.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · B2
There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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