backburner
backburner · backburners · backburnered · backburnering
To relegate to a lower priorityTo relegate to a lower priority.
» They had to put that project on the backburner until financing was arranged.
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1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To relegate to a lower priority.
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Examples
2 sentencesThey had to put that project on the backburner until financing was arranged.
The Sahrawi conflict was put on the backburner.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
to relegate to a lower priority:
Origin
From back + burner.From back + burner.
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Forms
backburners, backburnering, backburnered, backburnered| Base form | backburner · to backburner |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | backburners |
| Present participle | backburnering |
| Past simple | backburnered |
| Past participle | backburnered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.