"backchannel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backchannels [plural]
Etymology: back + channel Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|channel}} back + channel Head templates: {{en-noun}} backchannel (plural backchannels)
  1. Alternative form of back channel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: back channel
    Sense id: en-backchannel-en-noun-mRVZPBoy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back-channel

Verb [English]

Forms: backchannels [present, singular, third-person], backchanneling [participle, present], backchannelling [participle, present], backchanneled [participle, past], backchanneled [past], backchannelled [participle, past], backchannelled [past]
Etymology: back + channel Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|channel}} back + channel Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=backchannelled|pres_ptc2=backchannelling}} backchannel (third-person singular simple present backchannels, present participle backchanneling or backchannelling, simple past and past participle backchanneled or backchannelled)
  1. To employ a back channel.
    Sense id: en-backchannel-en-verb-kLeGaCkw
  2. (linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-backchannel-en-verb-udkWf1Kz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 57 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back-channel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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