Associations to the word «Apostrophe»
Noun
- Plural
- Quotation
- Consonant
- Orthography
- Unicode
- Vowel
- Typewriter
- Omission
- Contraction
- Exclamation
- Noun
- Spelling
- Constructor
- Pronoun
- Phoneme
- Syllable
- Colon
- Pronunciation
- Typing
- Singular
- Accent
- Abbreviation
- Alphabet
- Italic
- Quote
- Giles
- Font
- Spacing
- Aspiration
- Parenthesis
- Wade
- Cor
- Inflection
- Ambiguity
- Belarusian
- Suffix
- Dash
- Termination
- Octave
- Dot
- Acronym
- Digit
- Mark
- Names
- Symbol
- Ending
- Usage
- Letter
- Adjective
- Eloquence
- Stop
- Prefix
- Transcription
- Ng
- Byron
- Confusion
- Gram
- Closing
- Verb
- Wedge
Adjective
Wiktionary
APOSTROPHE, noun. (orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
APOSTROPHE, noun. (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
Dictionary definition
APOSTROPHE, noun. Address to an absent or imaginary person.
APOSTROPHE, noun. The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.