'Background processes using bash aliases in the .bashrc file

I'm trying to create an alias that can start a process (indicated in the parameter $1) on the background.

For achieve this I'm trying adding this lane to the .bashrc file:

alias launchprocess='$1 &'

And the problem is that the process used as the parameter 1 is not launched on the background.

Does somebody knows how to achieve this?

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