WordNet
n. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" [syn: background]
Usage examples of "background knowledge".
Any new guild apprentice would already have a background knowledge of the work his own guild would expect him to do, and in addition would have similar information about many of the other functions of the city.
He remained bothered by his seemingly wide background knowledge of things that was nevertheless rent by gaping gaps wherever his interest was most specific.
Someone junior enough to avoid triggering any automatic rejection of an official aide, but with sufficient personal background knowledge and experience to serve that function, anyway.
I can only collect data and try to piece them together as my background knowledge grows sufficiently to enable me to make sense of them.
In the process, I will, in some places, spend many pages on a single short speech which requires a great deal of background knowledge for its proper total appreciation.
The background knowledge of the other three had operated against them, though his own lack of Kainuian experience had not really helped at first.
Your background knowledge is fine, detail of events, names, folklore--that is all good.
Lara and the other Amazons truly were trying hard, but it was going to take years to even begin closing the myriad gaps in their social skills and general background knowledge.
Obviously, your background knowledge and experience must have been very valuable to Secretary Montreau during the transition.
But he thought that before we talked of the matter further, it would be a good thing if I acquired a better background knowledge of the occult by continuing to attend the lectures at Mrs.
I still had the U-shaped plastic headpiece that Foster had used to acquire a background knowledge of his old home.
If the man had more background knowledge on the principles of&mdash.