pronoun
pro|noun /pr'oʊnaʊn/ (pronouns)
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A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun, often because the person or thing has been mentioned earlier. Examples are `it', `she', `something', and `myself'.
see also indefinite pronoun, personal pronoun, relative pronoun, relative pronounin|defi|nite pro|noun (indefinite pronouns)
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An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun such as `someone', `anything', or `nobody', which you use to refer in a general way to a person or thing.per|son|al pro|noun (personal pronouns)
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A personal pronoun is a pronoun such as `I', `you', `she', or `they' which is used to refer to the speaker or the person spoken to, or to a person or thing whose identity is clear, usually because they have already been mentioned.pos|ses|sive pro|noun (possessive pronouns)
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A possessive pronoun is a pronoun such as `mine', `yours', or `theirs' which is used to refer to the thing of a particular kind that belongs to someone, as in `Can I borrow your pen? I've lost mine.'re|flex|ive pro|noun (reflexive pronouns)
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A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun such as `myself' which refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause. For example, in the sentence `He made himself a cup of tea', the reflexive pronoun `himself' refers back to `he'.rela|tive pro|noun (relative pronouns)
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A relative pronoun is a word such as `who', `that', or `which' that is used to introduce a relative clause. `Whose', `when', `where', and `why' are generally called relative pronouns, though they are actually adverbs.
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A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun, often because the person or thing has been mentioned earlier. Examples are `it', `she', `something', and `myself'.
see also indefinite pronoun, personal pronoun, relative pronoun, relative pronounin|defi|nite pro|noun (indefinite pronouns)
[N-COUNT]
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun such as `someone', `anything', or `nobody', which you use to refer in a general way to a person or thing.per|son|al pro|noun (personal pronouns)
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A personal pronoun is a pronoun such as `I', `you', `she', or `they' which is used to refer to the speaker or the person spoken to, or to a person or thing whose identity is clear, usually because they have already been mentioned.pos|ses|sive pro|noun (possessive pronouns)
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A possessive pronoun is a pronoun such as `mine', `yours', or `theirs' which is used to refer to the thing of a particular kind that belongs to someone, as in `Can I borrow your pen? I've lost mine.'re|flex|ive pro|noun (reflexive pronouns)
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A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun such as `myself' which refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause. For example, in the sentence `He made himself a cup of tea', the reflexive pronoun `himself' refers back to `he'.rela|tive pro|noun (relative pronouns)
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A relative pronoun is a word such as `who', `that', or `which' that is used to introduce a relative clause. `Whose', `when', `where', and `why' are generally called relative pronouns, though they are actually adverbs.