anaphor

🇺🇸 /ˈænəfər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈænəfə(r)/
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A word that points back to another word in a sentence.

In the sentence 'She is my sister, and she is very kind,' the word 'she' is an anaphor referring to 'my sister'.

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n. A word that points back to another word in a sentence.