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.”
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NAmE//ˌænəˈfɔrɪk//
adjectiveSee anaphora in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: anaphora