backdrop
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- (countable) A backdrop is a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
- (countable) The backdrop is the conditions or situation in which something happens.
- Investors have bought safe assets against a backdrop of uncertainty.
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- (transitive) If A backdrops B, A serve as a backdrop for B.