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| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
| Synonyms: | actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, education, environment, framework, history, practice, preparation, qualification, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing, accomplishments, acquirement, deeds, grounding, rearing |
| Antonyms: | foreground |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scenery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings |
| Synonyms: | backdrop, decor, flat, furnishings, furniture, landscape, neighborhood, prospect, set, setting, spectacle, sphere, stage setting, terrain, view, vista, flats, mise en scène, properties, props, stage set |
| Main Entry: | setting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene, background |
| Synonyms: | ambience, backdrop, context, distance, environment, frame, framework, horizon, jungle, locale, location, perspective, set, shade, shadow, site, stage setting, surroundings, mise en scène, mounting, stage set |
| Main Entry: | drop curtain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater curtain |
| Synonyms: | backdrop, cloth, drop, tab, act curtain, act drop, back cloth, drop scene, scrim, tableau curtain |
| Main Entry: | stage setting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical background and props for performance |
| Synonyms: | backdrop, film set, flats, location, mise-en-scene, scenery, set, setting, stage, stage set, trompe-l'oeil |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting of a performance or event |
| Synonyms: | arena, backdrop, background, display, exhibition, flat, landscape, locale, location, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view, blackout, flats, locality, mise en scène, seascape |
| Main Entry: | forum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | agency, apparatus, avenue, backdrop, channel, framework, means, mechanism, medium, meeting place, place, scene, stage, vehicle, venue |
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