anáfora

Definitions of anáfora
  1. noun
    a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
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    type of:
    palabra
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
  2. noun
    repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
    synonyms: epanáfora
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    type of:
    repetición
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
  3. noun
    using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
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    type of:
    repetición
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
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