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Definition of Apostrophe
1. Noun. Address to an absent or imaginary person.
Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device
2. Noun. The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
Definition of Apostrophe
1. n. A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."
Definition of Apostrophe
1. Noun. (context: orthography) The text character '''’''', that serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacrictical mark in certain rare contexts. ¹
2. Noun. (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apostrophe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostrophe
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