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BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does background knowledge mean? 

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (noun)
  The noun BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problemplay

  Familiarity information: BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

background; background knowledge

Context example:

the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

Hypernyms ("background knowledge" is a kind of...):

information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)


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