cataphora
[ kuh-taf-er-uh ]
nounGrammar.
the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
Origin of cataphora
1Other words from cataphora
- cat·a·phor·ic [kat-uh-fawr-ik, -for-], /ˌkæt əˈfɔr ɪk, -ˈfɒr-/, adjective
- cat·a·phor·i·cal·ly, adverb
- Compare anaphora.
Words Nearby cataphora
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British Dictionary definitions for cataphora
cataphora
/ (kəˈtæfərə) /
noun
grammar the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse: Compare anaphora
Origin of cataphora
1from cata- + Greek pherein to bear
Derived forms of cataphora
- cataphoric (ˌkætəˈfɒrɪk), adjective
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