Backdrop and View

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Backdrop noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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View and backdrop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "View" instead a noun "Backdrop".

Nearby Word: background

View noun - All that can be seen from a certain point.

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Backdrop and view are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backdrop" instead a noun "View".

Nearby Words: viewpoint, viewed, viewing, viewer, viewable

One notable example is Top Gear 2 for the SNES and Genesis; before every race, you are shown a scrolling view of its location, which is also used as backdrop for the race itself.

Source: Wraparound Background
Kusaka, left, and Akizuki.Winter Cicada (Fuyu no Semi) is a Boys Love series of three OVAs set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, written by Youka Nitta.A young man named Kusaka is part of a clan intent on expelling foreigners from Japan, a view he personally disagrees with.

Source: Anime / Winter Cicada
Many Athletics fans hate the Mount Davis grandstand, which was constructed in the mid-1990s to lure the Raiders back to Oakland; Mount Davis took away the picturesque view of the Oakland hills which served as the backdrop for Athletics' games.

Source: Butt Monkey / Sports

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