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ANAPHORA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Synonyms:

anaphora; epanaphora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anaphora" is a kind of...):

repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anaphora" is a kind of...):

repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)

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