Used in a Sentence

backstory

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for backstory.

Editorial note

I don’t see how it’s ‘discarded stuff’ when the backstory is acknowledged as fake in the entry.

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Quick take

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of backstory gathered in one view.

noun

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for backstory.

noun

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

Example sentences

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I don’t see how it’s ‘discarded stuff’ when the backstory is acknowledged as fake in the entry.

2

The backstory is that Docker, as statically compiled and released, uses the 1.02 release of the devicemapper driver, which has a bug in it.

3

It sounds like everyone in the theatre was ripping into the guy, which suggests a backstory in pre-op.

4

If characters are purely rational computational entities, it doesn't really matter what their backstory is, what their motives are, or anything else.

5

Spruce Goose, although the design conventional, was an oddity both for its size, very limited use, and backstory.

6

But maybe I'm being too naive here, I don't actually know the backstory of this.

7

All the stuff about the incredibly detailed CG, backstory etc.

8

I feel bad singling you out, because I'm pretty sure the person who wrote this idiotic post doesn't know the backstory either.

9

Not that he was trashing Star Trek, just that he was having a little fun trying to make up a backstory about why humans and vulcans can interbreed.

10

I'm interested in the backstory of the author too.

11

There are certainly people who can provoke that kind of reaction, but since I don't know any backstory I have to go on what I read at the link.

12

We featured The Pitch on BetaList a while ago and since I was really intrigued about the concept I decided to interview the founders to hear more about the backstory.

Quote examples

1

"the project was not initially meant to be OpenSourced" Sounds like an interesting backstory - what's the motivation to open source it so?

2

> Each shard (the term sharding probably originated with UO) Probably, as the term "shard" was part of the backstory: a gem that contained the world ("Sosaria") was shattered, each shard then contained a version of Sosaria.

Proper noun examples

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Backstory: St Louis is the one of the largest US markets in the country that doesn't have UberX.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use backstory in a sentence?

I don’t see how it’s ‘discarded stuff’ when the backstory is acknowledged as fake in the entry.

What does backstory mean?

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

What part of speech is backstory?

backstory is commonly used as noun.