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pronoun
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈprəʊnaʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈproʊˌnaʊn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prō′noun′)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026pro•noun /ˈproʊˌnaʊn/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Grammara word used as a replacement or substitute for a noun or a noun phrase, usually referring to persons or things mentioned in or understood from what has been written or said before, or which both speaker and listener have knowledge about:Pronouns in English include I, you, he, she, it, we, they, them, this, who, and what. Abbr.: pron.
pro•nom•i•nal /proʊˈnɑmənəl/USA pronunciation adj. See -nom-2.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pro•noun
(prō′noun′),USA pronunciation Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pronoun /ˈprəʊˌnaʊn/ n - one of a class of words that serves to replace a noun phrase that has already been or is about to be mentioned in the sentence or contextAbbreviation: pron
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin prōnōmen, from pro-1 + nōmen noun
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