| English Dictionary |
ANAPHORIC PRONOUN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does anaphoric pronoun mean?
• ANAPHORIC PRONOUN (noun)
The noun ANAPHORIC PRONOUN has 1 sense:
1. a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
Familiarity information: ANAPHORIC PRONOUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pronoun that refers to an antecedent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anaphoric pronoun" is a kind of...):
pronoun (a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Desperate diseases must have desperate cures." (English proverb)
"The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things." (Native American proverb, Hopi)
"The sun won't stay behind the cloud." (Armenian proverb)
"You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb)
"The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things." (Native American proverb, Hopi)
"The sun won't stay behind the cloud." (Armenian proverb)
"You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb)