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APOSTROPHE
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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))
