backing
/ˈbakɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
1Help or support: the foreign secretary won the backing of opposition parties...
- Their financial backing, supported by the Irish Sports Council, makes it one of the most exciting races in Europe.
- All they needed was public support and financial backing.
- However, she managed to find financial backing with the overwhelming support of friends.
Synonyms
support, help, assistance, cooperation, aid;
approval, commendation, endorsement, sanction, blessing;
promotion, advocacy, championship, espousal
sponsorship, funding, financing, promotion, patronage;
money, investment, funds, finance;
grant, contribution, subsidy
1.1A layer of material that forms, protects, or strengthens the back of something: the flooring has a cork base with jute backing [count noun]: the fabric has a special backing for durability...
- The backing or outer layer, the part furthest from the skin, is made of polyester film.
- The rug backing is a strong material and craft knives must be used to make a clean cut.
- Hanging from the beams are 'tangkas', paintings on canvas with a backing of silk cloth, which communicate to the lamas the divine teachings.
Synonyms
lining, interlining, facing, underlay, reinforcement
1.2(Especially in popular music) the musical or vocal accompaniment to the main singer or soloist: the trio provided backing [as modifier]: a backing group...
- His slicing guitars and sometimes terrifying backing vocals gave a depth that just can't be captured without him.
- It certainly doesn't need the distraction of echoing backing vocals and the saccharine strings that it has to fight against throughout.
- Her band of musicians also keep things rolling with a pleasant pop-soul vocal backing and occasionally fresh drum patterns.
Synonyms
musical accompaniment, orchestration;
harmony, obbligato
2 Phonetics The movement of the place of formation of a sound towards the back of the mouth.Short /a/ is a fairly low, central(ized) vowel, with fronting, backing, and rounding determined by environment....
- /l/ has a strong backing effect on preceding vowels.
- Vowel backing was measured by changes in second formant frequency (F2).
