historical background
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandbackground
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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background
noun
uk/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical background
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This is thehistoricalbackground.
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This, then, is thehistoricalbackground.
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One ought not to forget thishistoricalbackground.
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Chapter one gives somehistoricalbackgroundto this issue.
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Nevertheless, some crucial points from the 'historicalbackground' may help us clarify the more general questions.
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Neither might be aware of thehistoricalbackgroundof current practice and the needs of patients.
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The second of these developments requires further discussion if thehistoricalbackgroundis to be understood.
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In the description, there is a discussion of their cultural andhistoricalbackgroundand 'material traits'.
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But he hints at the importance of studyinghistoricalbackgroundof loanword borrowings.
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And the pattern of those musical sharings may throw a significant light on thehistoricalbackground.
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It had to be interpreted against thehistoricalbackgroundof the conflict.
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The chapter's section on thehistoricalbackgroundto present-day spellings is also useful.
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Each section has an editorial introduction establishing themes and providinghistoricalbackgroundand contextual reading.
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Throughout this book, numerous lengthy footnotes provide morehistoricalbackgroundand detail.
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It is important to understand thehistoricalbackgroundof nodal disease in breast cancer.
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The rankings, therefore, seem to be geographically induced, possibly from geopolitical andhistoricalbackground.
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Thehistoricalbackgroundwas different.
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That is thehistoricalbackground.
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Thehistoricalbackgroundis different.
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What is thehistoricalbackground?
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Thishistoricalbackgroundsets the stage for describing the sociohistorical relevance of these events to the local language.
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After a briefhistoricalbackground, the book presents a case study of interests related to problems of housing provision.
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Thehistoricalbackgroundto this topic will be explored and the emergence of a research base described.
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Her discussion of the text is grounded in a careful reading along with detailed stylistic analysis andhistoricalbackground.
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