apostrophe

a·pos·tro·phe ¹  (-pstr-f)

n.

The superscript sign ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.

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[French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrephein, to turn away : apo-, apo- + strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

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apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

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a·pos·tro·phe ²  (-pstr-f)

n.

The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.

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[Late Latin apostroph, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see apostrophe¹.]

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apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

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apostrophe¹

n

the punctuation mark ' used to indicate the omission of a letter or number, such as he's for he has or he is, also used in English to form the possessive, as in John's father and twenty pounds' worth

[from Late Latin, from Greek apostrophos mark of elision, from apostrephein to turn away]

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apostrophe²

n

(Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric a digression from a discourse, esp an address to an imaginary or absent person or a personification

[from Latin apostrophē, from Greek: a turning away, digression]

apostrophic  [ˌæpəˈstrɒfɪk] adj

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apostrophe

a variety of personification in which the dead, absent, or inanimate are addressed as if present. — apostrophic, adj.

See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apostrophe - address to an absent or imaginary person rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
	2.	apostrophe - the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

Translations

apostrophe [əˈpɒstrəfɪ] N

1. (Ling) → apóstrofo m

2. (= address) → apóstrofe m

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apostrophe [əˈpɒstrəfi] n → apostrophe f

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apostrophe

n

(Gram) → Apostroph m

(Liter) → Apostrophe f

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apostrophe [əˈpɒstrəfɪ] n (Gram) (sign) → apostrofo

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apostrophe

n apostrophe [əˈpostrəfi]

a mark (') which is used to show that a letter or letters has/have been omitted from a word, and which is also used in possessive phrases and in the plurals of letters the boy's coat; the boys' coats; There are two n's in `cannot' but only one in `can't'. apostroof عَلامَة المُلْكِيَّة، إشارَة إلى حَذْف حَرْف апостроф apostrof apostrof der Apostroph απόστροφος (γραμμ.) apóstrofo ülakoma آپوستروف heittomerkki apostrophe גֶרֶש वर्णलोप का चिह्न apostrof aposztróf tanda petik úrfellingarmerki apostrofo アポストロフィ 아포스트로피(') apostrofa apostrofs terbalik apostrof apostrof apostrof apóstrofe apostrof апостроф apostrof apostrof apostrof apostrof[] เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน ( ' ) kesme işareti, tepeden virgül 撇號 апостроф حذفی علامت ، حذفیہ dấu móc lửng (') 撇号

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apostrophe → فاصلة علوية apostrof apostrof Apostroph απόστροφος apóstrofe heittomerkki apostrophe apostrof apostrofo アポストロフィ 아포스트로피 apostrof apostrof apostrof apóstrofo апостроф apostrof เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน kesme imi dấu móc lửng 省略符号