cataphor
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SemicomaSemicoma.
UK/ˈkatəfə/US/ˈkætəfɚ/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Semicoma.
(countable, uncountable)Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness.
(countable, uncountable)The use of a pronoun or other linguistic unit to refer ahead to another word in a sentence.
Origin
From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down,From Latin cataphora (“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”).
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Forms
plural: cataphors / cataphoraLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.