Backdrop

/ˈbæk.dɹɒp/ · noun

Meaning

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage..

Definitions by Sense

1. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
2. An image that serves as a visual background.
3. The setting or background of an acted performance.
4. (figurative) Any background situation.
5. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

Example Sentences

The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames.

Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.

It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.

Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.

Specifically on the question of Article 8 considerations, the Court of Appeal expressed the view that it was difficult to see how a chief constable’s decision to disclose [the applicant’s charges to the employer] could ever be challenged (see paragraph 81 above). The Court observes that the case was decided against the backdrop of a clearly-defined legislative framework (i.e., the 1997 Act, which was in force in England and Wales at the time) which the court took to be in compliance with Article 8 (see paragraph 78 above).

All of this heightened hyper-reaction to criticism plays out against a backdrop of dangerous moves by Israel and its supporters in the US to not only defame and politically punish critics and in some instances to go further by making criticism illegal.

Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.

Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".

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• backdrops
• backdropping
• backdropped

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