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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
backdrop
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
perfect
▪ The splendid grounds form a perfect backdrop to the lakeside concerts held here on summer evenings.
▪ Inside one of the observatories was the telescope that I knew immediately would make a perfect backdrop for the portrait.
▪ The canteen made a perfect backdrop for depressing conversations.
▪ And the cataract provided a perfect backdrop.
▪ The world famous zoo provided the perfect backdrop for the ten kilometre dash.
▪ Designer desk White walls provide the perfect backdrop for this rattan desk.
■ VERB
form
▪ The splendid grounds form a perfect backdrop to the lakeside concerts held here on summer evenings.
▪ Seven years of mutually mediocre diplomacy and unsteady leadership form the backdrop of Clinton's brief twilight encounter with Putin.
▪ Concepts of strategy introduce consideration of market forces, environmental pressures, and organizational imperatives which form the backdrop for visionary initiatives.
▪ The events described had already formed the backdrop to Guinness I, and two unfinished sequels.
▪ IRAN/IRAQ War erupts - it is to form a bloody backdrop for most of the decade.
▪ The rugged mountains and hills form an impressive backdrop, and inland peaceful villages look out across orange and lemon groves.
provide
▪ The first, which provides a backdrop against which any further criticism may be set, is probably the most important.
▪ The snow-capped peaks of the Sorondo mountain range provide a dramatic backdrop.
▪ Its attractive foliage provides a good backdrop to later flowering plants in the border.
▪ The room is all beige with an antique Oriental chest providing the appropriate backdrop.
▪ Even history exists only as a generalised past that provides the backdrop of a living museum.
▪ Gyuro and swinging Lori Barritt, provide the smooth musical backdrop.
set
▪ He writes taut, thrilling mysteries, delicately set against the backdrop of the sprawling Navajo Reservation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The snow-covered Rocky Mountains made a wonderful backdrop for the concert.
▪ Their meeting will happen against a backdrop of increasing hardship for ordinary Russian citizens.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Against this bleak backdrop, there are rays of hope.
▪ He writes taut, thrilling mysteries, delicately set against the backdrop of the sprawling Navajo Reservation.
▪ It is the backdrop to the city's continued economic growth.
▪ Katell was fighting a cold and her show was played out against the distracting backdrop of a surreal domestic theatre set.
▪ The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky.
▪ They're likely to be trees or shrubs which show up in winter but become a backdrop for the rich summer display.
▪ Unhappily-married Cape Town journalist Toni Balser finds true love against a backdrop of gruesome township violence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
backdrop

backdrop \back"drop\ n.

  1. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain backcloth.

    Syn: background, backcloth

  2. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as, the backdrop for the summit meeting.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
backdrop

1913, in U.S. theatrical argot, from back (adj.) + drop (n.).

Wiktionary
backdrop

n. 1 A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage. 2 The setting or background of a historical event. vb. (context transitive English) To serve as a backdrop for.

WordNet
backdrop

n. scenery hung at back of stage [syn: background, backcloth]

Wikipedia
Backdrop

Backdrop or Bankdrops may refer to:

  • Backdrop (theater), painted scenery hung at the back of a stage
  • Backdrop (wrestling), various moves in amateur and professional wrestling
  • Backdrop CMS, an open-source content management system
  • Painted photography backdrops, used in studio photography circa 1860-1920

Usage examples of "backdrop".

She had selected the La Plomo incident as the grand backdrop against which she would expose the horrible truth that would galvanize her generation into the new antinuclear movement: unnuking.

The sky was ashine with stars, thousands glittering on a velvet blue backdrop.

Above us, the Beanstalk rose up and up, occulting the backdrop of stars.

The door rattled down, returning Cruzados to its customary dimnessshe appeared to glow against the backdrop.

Her hair was long and uncontained and set a backdrop to the sheer and sculpted lines of those marvellous cheeks, Dahl hovered next to her, darting his eyes around the room as though checking for loose rigging or misaligned sails.

In their expeditions, Tally and Peris had always stuck to the waterfront, where vegetation and the dark backdrop of Uglyville made it easy to hide.

He engaged the eyes of the woman in white, floating superimposed upon the black backdrop like an angel of death and desire, her flesh showing sleek and gleaming through the rips in her gown like the skin of a succulent.

The day was clouded and gray, and the Rocs would fly unseen against the dark backdrop of the Westland mountains and forest.

The gleaming sharklike silhouette of the Lear jet formed a backdrop for a tension-charged tableau.

Beyond them, a backdrop of unsurpassed splendor, reared a majestic, snowcapped mountain.

Through the windows they could see the covered way that led to the Refitting Station, and beyond it the crags of a crater-edge, with the starshot darkness hanging like a backdrop.

And so, as I walked this particular evening, I considered the backdrop of worldwide terrorism and saw a portrait of two Americas emerging within our shores: the Rats vs.

To either side of the original, central building were more modern wings of glass and concrete and beyond those, clusters of hollowed bioforms, pumpkins and squashes rearing their tumorous hulks against the green backdrop of parkland beyond.

Color flashed in the distance and resolved into a procession of people dressed in feathered cloaks and beaded garments, colors and textures so bright that they would have been gaudy against any background, although the vast backdrop of the city and the fierce blue of the sky almost swallowed them.

A rich yellow light englobed them, and beyond, for a backdrop, a deep green undulation of shrubs and sea grape, shaking their branches as if in mimicry.