pronoun
pronunciation
How to pronounce pronoun in British English:
UK [ˈprəʊnaʊn]
How to pronounce pronoun in American English:
US [ˈproʊnaʊn]
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- Noun:
- a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
Word Origin
- pronoun (n.)
- mid-15c., from pro- and noun; modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, from pro- "in place of" + nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). A loan-translation of Greek antonymia.
Example
- 1. Now if we could only figure out the pronoun problem .
- 2. If you answered with any pronoun that is not in the first person , then guess again .
- 3. People who are fibbing - even ' white lies ' such as a few pounds off their weight or a few years off their age - are also less happy about using the pronoun ' I ' .
- 4. When two people become a couple the brain extends its idea of self to include the other ; instead of the slender pronoun " I " a plural self emerges who can borrow some of the other 's assets and strengths .
- 5. He insists on precision in his classroom as a result of the confusion he felt as a child : when he was accused of " doing it on purpose " , what exactly was he being charged with ? " Such a tiny pronoun , such a vast sense of isolation , " he writes .