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anaphora

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English

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WOTD – 27 February 2006

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰφέρω (ănăphérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰφορᾱ́ (ănăphorā́)bor.
English anaphora

    From Ancient Greek ἀναφορά (anaphorá, “a carrying back”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌænəˈfɔɹə/, /əˈnæf(ə)ɹə/

    Noun

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    anaphora (countable and uncountable, plural anaphoras or anaphora)

    Examples (rhetoric)
    • They didn't speak. They didn't stand. They didn't even look up when I came in.
    • “Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!”
      Shakespeare, King John (II i.)
    Examples (expression referring to a preceding expression)
    • That's John's car. He [referring to "John"] won't want to see you sitting on it [referring to the car].
    • John had a drink. So did [referring to "had a drink"] Mark.
    • John had been feeling rather dehydrated. Mark was even more so [referring to "dehydrated"].
    2. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
      Antonyms: epiphora, epistrophe
      • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Anaphora.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 73:
        Anaphora elegantly begins
        With the same word or phrase successive lines.
    4. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
      Antonym: cataphora
      Hypernym: endophora
      Coordinate terms: exophora, homophora
    6. (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.
      Synonym: Eucharistic Prayer
      Meronyms: epiclesis, preface, Sanctus, sursum corda

    Usage notes

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    • In linguistics, the terms anaphor and anaphora are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. See the Wikipedia article.

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    Noun

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    anaphora

    1. plural of anaphor

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