anaphora
noun/əˈnæfərə/
/əˈnæfərə/
[uncountable]- (grammar) the use of a word that refers to or replaces another word used earlier in a sentence, for example the use of ‘does’ in the sentence ‘I disagree and so does John’Topics Languagec2
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- (specialist) the act of repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or clauses that follow each other, done for emphasis Topics Languagec2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, ‘repetition’, from ana- ‘back’ + pherein ‘to bear’.
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