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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
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pronoun

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

pro=noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pronoun has 1 sense

pronoun(n = noun.communication) Array - a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase; Array

is a kind of

closed-class word

function word

has particulars: anaphoric pronoun, demonstrative, demonstrative pronoun, personal pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, relative pronoun

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pronoun, n. [Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See Noun.].

A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pronoun, n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. we, their, this, ourselves).

Etymology

PRO-(1), + NOUN, after F pronom, L pronomen (as PRO-(1), nomen name)

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