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Noun
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The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

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Origin

The word cataphora comes from the Ancient Greek kataphorá, which means "a downward motion." It is formed by combining kata, meaning "downwards," with phérō, meaning "I carry."

Rhyming Words
ora tora wora eora fora gora kora lora dora zora cora iora jora sora nora hora mora vora bora ahora
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