ALL meanings of cataphora
ca·taph·o·ra
C c - noun cataphora the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse 3
- noun cataphora the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows. 1
- noun cataphora The use of a word or phrase that refers to or stands for a later word or phrase (e.g., the pronoun he in he may be 37, but Jeff behaves like a teenager ). 1
- noun cataphora (linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. 0