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English noun: apostrophe

1. apostrophe (communication) address to an absent or imaginary person


Broader (hypernym)rhetorical device

2. apostrophe (communication) the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word


Broader (hypernym)punctuation, punctuation mark









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