anaphora

Meaning

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
2. (countable, uncountable) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

anaphor

An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

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Opposite of

epiphora, epistrophe, cataphora

Synonyms

anaphor

epanaphora

correspondence

being in accordance with

Translations

anaphore

anafora

Anapher

anáfora

anáfora

anafoor

anàfora

anafora

anaphora

repetición

anafora

الجناس

anafor

تكرار الكلمات

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ænəˈfɔɹə/

Etymology

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