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Word: Anaphor
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s: back-formation from anaphora
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanəfɔː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanəfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word or phrase that refers back to an earlier word or phrase (e.g. in my cousin said she was coming, she is used as an anaphor for my cousin).
Short Definition:word or phrase that refers back to earlier word or phrase
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