different background

collocation in English

meaningsofdifferentandbackground

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different
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us
/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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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 ofdifferentandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each style of inheritance also haddifferentbackgroundimplications.
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We applydifferentbackgroundcorrection approaches to all arrays.
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For each color, maxima show little variation acrossdifferentbackgroundluminances.
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Against this verydifferentbackgroundof fact, international law has developed in a form different from that of municipal law.
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The amendment would substitute adifferentbackground.
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They each have adifferentbackground.
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We have always had adifferentbackground.
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In other cases, it may be that the political representatives of a rebel movement tend to have adifferentbackgroundfrom field commanders.
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They have a different approach, adifferentbackground, different cultures.
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I come to it from a slightlydifferentbackground.
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His example took place against a totallydifferentbackground.
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It would be necessary to have an entirelydifferentbackground.
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The decisions were taken in a completely different place and against a completelydifferentbackground.
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These factories have had to be built up with adifferentbackground.
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This debate takes place against a verydifferentbackgroundthan that of the past 10 years.
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The amendment was tabled against a verydifferentbackgroundfrom the one which exists today.
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That is why we see this matter against adifferentbackground.
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Admittedly that judgment was made against a somewhatdifferentbackgroundfrom what we have today.
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In many cases other countries take a different view from adifferentbackground.
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That is a whollydifferentbackgroundfrom the background of to-day.
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The workers are shy of them because they have adifferentbackground.
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Both of these schemes, of course, have an entirely different history and an entirelydifferentbackground.
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