apostrophe English

Meaning apostrophe meaning

What does apostrophe mean?

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apostrophe Noun

— An apostrophe is a punctuation mark which is used to show that part of a word is missing, to show that something belongs to someone, or added after plurals of numbers, letters and abbreviations. In the phrase "John's sentence", there is an apostrophe after John but before the "s" to show that the sentence belongs to John.

apostrophe

— noun address to an absent or imaginary person

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

Synonyms apostrophe synonyms

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repulsion

repugnance

ellipsis

distaste

detestation

aversion

averseness

abomination

abhorrence

abbreviation

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Woodland