background music
noun
: music to accompany the dialogue or action of a motion picture or radio or television drama
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In one room there’s conversation with background music.
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Be thoroughly entertained: From solo musicians playing background music in the lobby bar to Broadway-type shows on the main stage, entertainment is pretty close to omnipresent from bow to stern.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
Silencing background music is more difficult at loud volumes but works better at lower ones.
—PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
Radio as background music had been common for decades.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Be thoroughly entertained: From solo musicians playing background music in the lobby bar to Broadway-type shows on the main stage, entertainment is pretty close to omnipresent from bow to stern.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025
Silencing background music is more difficult at loud volumes but works better at lower ones.
—PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
Radio as background music had been common for decades.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for background music
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“Background music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20music. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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