anaphor

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Noun anaphor has 1 sense

anaphor - a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
--₁ is a kind of word

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Anaphor

Noun

1. A word or phrase that refers to a preceding word or phrase in a sentence to avoid repetition.

Example sentence: In the sentence "John loves ice cream. He eats it every day," "he" is used as an anaphor, referring back to John.

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