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BACKGROUNDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does backgrounder mean?
• BACKGROUNDER (noun)
The noun BACKGROUNDER has 1 sense:
1. a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
Familiarity information: BACKGROUNDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
Hypernyms ("backgrounder" is a kind of...):
news conference; press conference (a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity)
Derivation:
background (information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem)
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