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anaphoric

[ an-uh-fawr-ik, -for- ]

adjective

Grammar.
  1. referring back to or substituting for a preceding word or group of words:

    anaphoric reference.



anaphoric

/ ˌæəˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to anaphorism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲˈǰ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • a·ǰi·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of anaphoric1

First recorded in 1910–15; anaphor(a) + -ic
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Example Sentences

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Ultimately, aMCI patients performed significantly worse than the control groups when producing sentences with "anaphoric coreference," the ones with ambiguity about the identity of the person referred to via a pronoun.

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The anaphoric “even,” the visceral sounds stitched into the syntax, the intimacy of the ending: It requires breath to read.

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These rules also discourage unattended anaphoric pronouns and say that split infinitives should be rarely used.

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The pronoun is unstable, subject to anaphoric shifts.

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This pin could be moved each day so that the anaphoric clock kept step with the seasonal variation of the times of sunrise and sunset and the lengths of day and night.

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