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apòstrofe — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apostrophe noun The punctuation mark ( ' ) used to show possession or mark missing letters in a contraction.

Senses

apòstrofe is used for these senses in English:

  • apostrophe (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

apostrophe — full definition

  1. noun The punctuation mark ( ' ) used to show possession or mark missing letters in a contraction.
  2. noun A literary device in which a speaker addresses someone or something absent, dead, or non-human.

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