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backquotes

backquotes is the plural of backquote.

backquotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backquote.

Meaning of backquote

Noun

backquote (plural backquotes)

  1. The symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark.
    • The form that follows the backquote is not evaluated, except for certain items.1988, Wendy L Milner, Common Lisp: A Tutorial
    Synonyms:
    backtick

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Questions about backquotes

What is backquotes the plural of?
Backquotes is the plural of backquote.

Words near backquotes in the dictionary

  1. backpropagation
  2. backpropagational
  3. backpropagations
  4. backquote
  5. backquoted
  6. backquotes
  7. backquoting
  8. backra
  9. backradiation
  10. backraise
  11. backraised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backquotes (page history and authors); backquote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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