cataphor
noun/ˈkætəfə(r)/, /ˈkætəfɔː(r)/
/ˈkætəfər/, /ˈkætəfɔːr/
(linguistics)- a word that refers to or has the same meaning as a later word. For example in ‘When he saw me, Steve looked shocked’, ‘he’ is a cataphor for ‘Steve’.Topics Languagec2Word Originlate 20th cent.: back-formation from cataphora.
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