"backing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ Audio: en-us-backing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Etymology: back + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|back|ing}} back + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} backing (not comparable)
  1. (music) Providing support for the main performer. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: backing band, backing track
    Sense id: en-backing-en-adj-4GK2sB~O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 11 2 13 1 2 38 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ Audio: en-us-backing.ogg [US] Forms: backings [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Etymology: back + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|back|ing}} back + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)
  1. Support, especially financial. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (support, especially financial): поддръжка (poddrǎžka) (Bulgarian), подкрепа (podkrepa) (Bulgarian), tuki (Finnish), kate (Finnish), sostegno (Italian), supporto (Italian), подде́ржка (poddéržka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-~lx-Bhwo Disambiguation of 'support, especially financial': 95 0 0 4 0 0
  2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (material added behind or underneath): пълнеж (pǎlnež) (Bulgarian), подплънка (podplǎnka) (Bulgarian), tuki (Finnish), support (French), plaque (French), tartó (Hungarian), tábla (Hungarian), állvány (Hungarian), supporto (Italian), kaupapa (Maori), suporte (Portuguese), placa (Portuguese), подкла́дка (podkládka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-albWOUNI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 11 2 13 1 2 38 Disambiguation of 'material added behind or underneath': 1 87 3 5 2 2
  3. (television, film) A backdrop. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Film, Television
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-kf57uAaE Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  4. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer): съпровод (sǎprovod) (Bulgarian), säestys (Finnish), taustasoitto (Finnish), kaiwaiata taunaki (english: backing singers) (Maori), kaiwhakatangi taunaki (english: backing musicians) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-Iq7aMUub Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 11 2 13 1 2 38 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of '(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer': 6 3 1 89 1 0
  5. The mounting of a horse or other animal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-pEBCE-kX
  6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-backing-en-noun-g9IFyFVy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sealant backing

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ Audio: en-us-backing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Etymology: back + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|back|ing}} back + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} backing
  1. present participle and gerund of back Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: back
    Sense id: en-backing-en-verb-6wIukmNl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 11 2 13 1 2 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 22 2 15 7 11 4 3 36

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design, page 134",
          "text": "The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A backdrop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "backdrop",
          "backdrop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(television, film) A backdrop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "Musicians",
          "musician"
        ],
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          "vocalist"
        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The mounting of a horse or other animal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-us-backing.ogg/En-us-backing.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poddrǎžka",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "поддръжка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkrepa",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "подкрепа"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "tuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "kate"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "sostegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "word": "supporto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddéržka",
      "sense": "support, especially financial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlnež",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "пълнеж"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podplǎnka",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "подплънка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "tuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "support"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "plaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "tartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "tábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "állvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "supporto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "kaupapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "suporte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "word": "placa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkládka",
      "sense": "material added behind or underneath",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подкла́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎprovod",
      "sense": "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer",
      "word": "съпровод"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer",
      "word": "säestys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer",
      "word": "taustasoitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "backing singers",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer",
      "word": "kaiwaiata taunaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "backing musicians",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer",
      "word": "kaiwhakatangi taunaki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backing"
}

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    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
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      "word": "backing track"
    }
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        "music"
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      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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}

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