backdrop
/ˈbæk.dɹɒp/US/ˈbæk.dɹɑp/
backdrop noun: a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
Noun
backdrop (plural backdrops)
- A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
- An image that serves as a visual background.
- The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames.2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in New York Times
- Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.2008, Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, Video Game Design Revealed, page 12
- The setting or background of an acted performance.
- Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be...2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph
- Specifically on the question of Article 8 considerations, the Court of Appeal expressed the view that it was difficult to see how a chief constable’s decision to disclose [the applicant’s charges to the employer] could ever be challenged (see paragraph 81 above). The Court observes that the case...2012 November 13, European Court of Human Rights, M. M. v. The United Kingdom, number 24029/07, marginal 171
- Any background situation.
- Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.
- Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".2021 October 20, Philip Haigh, “RDG lauches voluntary redundancy scheme”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9
Verb
backdrop (third-person singular simple present backdrops, present participle backdropping, simple past and past participle backdropped)
- To serve as a backdrop for.
- a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline
backdrop meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
backdrop in Hindi
- backdrop, background
- पृष्ठभूमि pŕṣṭhbhūmi
backdrop in Marathi
- an image that serves as a visual background
- पार्श्वभूमी pārśvabhūmī
backdrop in Urdu
- پس منظر, منظر نامہ
backdrop in Bengali
- পটভূমি, নেপথ্যপট, কোনো ঘটনার পটভূমি, ঐতিহাসিক প্রেক্ষাপট
More languagesFewer languages
- backdrop in Gujarati
- બેકડ્રોપ
- backdrop in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ଡ୍ରପ୍
- backdrop in Malay
- latar pentas, tirai latar
- backdrop in Vietnamese
- bối cảnh
Examples of backdrop in a sentence
- It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.2025 October 1, Chris Howe, “Top 10: Britain's most significant rail bridges: Ribblehead Viaduct”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 57:
- In its new round of cuts, the company hopes to “meaningfully accelerate our path to profitability even in the backdrop of the current crypto market,” the Winklevosses wrote in a blog post on Thursday.2026 February 5, David Yaffe-Bellany, quoting Winklevoss twins, “Bitcoin Drops to Lowest Price Since Trump Was Elected as Crypto Faces...
Forms of backdrop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | backdrops |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | backdrops |
| present participle | backdropping |
| past participle | backdropped |
| past | backdropped |
Origin of backdrop
From back + drop.
Questions about backdrop
- What does backdrop mean?
- Backdrop means a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
- What is backdrop in Hindi?
- Backdrop in Hindi is पृष्ठभूमि (pŕṣṭhbhūmi). See Backdrop meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use backdrop in a sentence?
- It's not the longest or tallest viaduct in Britain, but the landscape upon which it sits makes for a stunning backdrop.
- What part of speech is backdrop?
- Backdrop can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce backdrop?
- Backdrop is pronounced /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of backdrop?
- The plural of backdrop is backdrops.
Words near backdrop in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: backdrop (page history and authors); पृष्ठभूमि (Hindi) (page history and authors); backdrop (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backdrop (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); backdrop (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); backdrop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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