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APOSTROPHE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("apostrophe" is a kind of...):

punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)

Derivation:

apostrophise; apostrophize (use an apostrophe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Address to an absent or imaginary person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("apostrophe" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

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