pronoun

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Pronunciation

IPA /ˈpɹəʊnaʊn/

Noun

pronoun noun

(grammar) A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other.

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Synonyms

you she her mine ones those proform pronominal placeholder stand-in surrogate proxy anaphor anaphora indexical deictic

Associated

interrogative enclitic antecedent reflexive determiner possessive adverb preposition demonstrative referent disjunctive

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