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apostrophe
apostropheAn apostrophe is a punctuation mark that primarily serves to indicate either grammatical possession or the contraction of two words. It can also sometimes be used to pluralize irregular nouns, such as single letters, abbreviations, and single-digit numbers.Continue reading...a·pos·tro·phe 1 A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)n. The superscript sign ( ' ), usually used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
[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.]
ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.
a·pos·tro·phe 2 A0372700 (ə-pŏs′trə-fē)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.
[Late Latin apostrophē, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see apostrophe1.]
ap′os·troph′ic (ăp′ə-strŏf′ĭk) adj.apostrophe (əˈpɒstrəfɪ) nthe 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[C17: from Late Latin, from Greek apostrophos mark of elision, from apostrephein to turn away]
apostrophe (əˈpɒstrəfɪ) n (Rhetoric) rhetoric a digression from a discourse, esp an address to an imaginary or absent person or a personification[C16: from Latin apostrophē, from Greek: a turning away, digression] apostrophic adja•pos•tro•phe1 (əˈpɒs trə fi)
n. the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in woman's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's. [1580–90; < Middle French < Late Latin apostrophus < Greek apóstrophos (prosōidía) eliding (mark), <apostréphein to turn away = apo- + stréphein to turn; see strophe] ap•os•troph•ic (ˌæp əˈstrɒf ɪk) adj. a•pos•tro•phe2 (əˈpɒs trə fi)
n. a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea. [1525–35; < Late Latin < Greek apostrophḗ a turning away, n. derivative of apostréphein; see apostrophe1]ap•os•troph•ic (ˌæp əˈstrɒf ɪk) adj. apostrophea variety of personification in which the dead, absent, or inanimate are addressed as if present. — apostrophic, adj.See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devicesapostrophe1. A punctuation mark (’) used to show that a letter has been omitted or to indicate possession, such as in “David’s house.”2. The act of addressing a person or object, whether present or not, while in the middle of a discourse.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | apostrophe - address to an absent or imaginary personrhetorical 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 wordpunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
Translationsapostrophe (əˈpostrəfi) noun 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'. 撇號 撇号apostrophe
apostropheAn apostrophe is a punctuation mark that primarily serves to indicate either grammatical possession or the contraction of two words. It can also sometimes be used to pluralize irregular nouns, such as single letters, abbreviations, and single-digit numbers.Continue reading...apostrophe: see punctuationpunctuation
[Lat.,=point], the use of special signs in writing to clarify how words are used; the term also refers to the signs themselves. In every language, besides the sounds of the words that are strung together there are other features, such as tone, accent, and pauses,
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in writing, arbitrary shortening of a word, usually by cutting off letters from the end, as in U.S. and Gen. (General). Contraction serves the same purpose but is understood strictly to be the shortening of a word by cutting out letters in the middle, the omission
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apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present. The term is derived from a Greek word meaning "a turning away," and this sense is maintained when a narrative or dramatic thread is broken in order to digress by speaking directly to someone not there, e.g., "Envy, be silent and attend!"—Alexander Pope, "On a Certain Lady at Court."Apostrophe comma written above the line, used in writing for various functions: (1) In French, Italian, English, and other languages the apostrophe is used to indicate the omission of a vowel (the French I’homme instead of le homme, the English “don’t” instead of “do not,” and so on). (2) In the orthography of the Nenets language it is used to indicate glottal stops. (3) The apostrophe is used in transcription to convey glottal stops (in Semitic and other languages), to indicate soft consonants, and so on. (4) In Russian writing it is used in places where foreign languages use apostrophes in proper names (Jeanne d’Arc, O’Casey); in the 1920’s and 1930’s the apostrophe was also used in place of the “hard sign” Ъ (pod’ezd instead of podЪezd).
Apostrophe a word or group of words naming the person or object to which speech is addressed. Apostrophe may be used within or outside a sentence. It is not bound grammatically to the other parts of a sentence. Apostrophe is widely used in literary language to convey dialogue. For example: (Famusov:) “Sergei Sergeich, can this be you!” A. S. Griboedov, Woe From Wit It is also used in the speech of the narrator to address an individual. For example: “And you, exile,” I thought, “weep on your vast, free steppes.” M. Iu. Lermontov, Bela Or it may be used to address an inanimate object: “Loosen up, shoulder! Swing, arm! You, wind, blow in the face from afternoon on!” A. V. Kol’tsov, “The Mower” LegalSeePunctuationapostrophe
Words related to apostrophenoun address to an absent or imaginary personRelated Wordsnoun the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed wordRelated Words- punctuation mark
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