Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

background knowledge

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: back-ground -knowl-edge
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

Example Sentences

"the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

Synonyms

background

Questions

What does background knowledge mean?: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

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