background information

collocation in English

meaningsofbackgroundandinformation

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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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information
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
facts about a situation, person, ...
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(Definition ofbackgroundandinformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first two chapters providebackgroundinformation.
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Yet little of this emerges beyond descriptivebackgroundinformation.
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Table 1 shows thebackgroundinformationof the eight children.
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But first, somebackgroundinformationabout conservatoire professors is needed.
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It also has provided usefulbackgroundinformationfor vaccine researchers.
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Nobackgroundinformationwas available on the donors.
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Table 1 providesbackgroundinformationabout the participants.
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We begin with the necessary definitions andbackgroundinformation.
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Results are described afterbackgroundinformationunderpinning the staffing requirement.
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To understand this book, a littlebackgroundinformationhelps.
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Section 2 gives somebackgroundinformationand related work.
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To obtain attitudinal andbackgroundinformation, questionnaires were used.
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The process of gatheringbackgroundinformationis intimately related to the definition of the research questions, which can only be stated satisfactorily after the background information is reviewed.
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What she can reasonably be expected to know given herbackgroundinformationand circumstances?
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The accompanying cassettes provide a facility for self-study and explanatorybackgroundinformation.
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A similar knowledge source could containbackgroundinformationsuch as current day etc.
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Experimental details are reported here asbackgroundinformationon the data used in the model.
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To state our results, we first give some notation andbackgroundinformation.
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In the first assessmentbackgroundinformationwas collected, followed by the emotion recognition tasks.
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For the reader's convenience we first give somebackgroundinformationon this (ordinary) problem.
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Some of the authors clearly see their contribution as providing usefulbackgroundinformationto applied linguists.
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The following section will first present the relevantbackgroundinformationon the subject of this study.
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