[
  {
    "word": "background",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8b\u00e6k.\u0261\u0279a\u028and/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8b\u00e6k.\u0261\u0279a\u028and/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/background-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1779923",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "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": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To put in a position that is not prominent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To gather and provide background information (on).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The antivirus program runs on a background thread."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "conspicuous",
          "foreground",
          "forestanding",
          "primary",
          "prominent"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/background"
    ]
  }
]