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apostrophe
1[ uh-pos-truh-fee ]
noun
- 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 man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's.
apostrophe
2[ uh-pos-truh-fee ]
noun
- a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?â€
apostrophe
1/ əˈ±èÉ’²õ³Ù°ùÉ™´Úɪ /
noun
- the 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
apostrophe
2/ əˈ±èÉ’²õ³Ù°ùÉ™´Úɪ; ˌæpəˈstrÉ’fɪk /
noun
- rhetoric a digression from a discourse, esp an address to an imaginary or absent person or a personification
apostrophe
- A mark (') used with a noun or pronoun to indicate possession (“the student's comment,†“the people's choiceâ€) or in a contraction to show where letters have been left out ( isn't , don't , we'll ).
Derived Forms
- apostrophic, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹±è·´Ç²õ·³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó·¾±³¦ [ap-, uh, -, strof, -ik, -, stroh, -fik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of apostrophe1
Origin of apostrophe2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of apostrophe1
Origin of apostrophe2
Example Sentences
No Apostrophes: North Yorkshire moved to phase out apostrophes from its street signs.
The change, part of the North Yorkshire Council’s move to phase out apostrophes from its street signs, has elicited dissent in Harrogate, a Victorian spa town in northern England.
A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems.
“And if you really put it together, just put an apostrophe between I, M and Possible, it’s I’m possible,†he added.
“Shouldn’t there be an apostrophe in that title?â€
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