Background and Cause

Background

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

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Cause and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Background".

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Background and cause are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

sympathetic	sympathetic background	sympathetic cause
exact	exact background	exact cause
common	common background	common cause
specific	specific background	specific cause
Other adjectives: right, original, true, proper, single, actual, entire, real, little, main, new, possible, different, medical.

The results of high background magic can cause anything, from random mutations and sponaenous deposits of Green Rocks, all the way to a downright Negative Space Wedgie.

Source: Background Magic Field
Again at the end of the pilot when Whit, in his letter to the governor, mentions Alex's passion for a "just cause." Title Theme Drop: As background music in the first episode.

Source: Series / Just Cause
There's an interesting twist to game-play, though: special tiles cause Jed's perspective of the world to flipthe background becomes the foreground, and the foreground becomes the background.

Source: Video Game / Jed

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