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1Apostrophe — redirects here. For other uses, see (disambiguation). Apostrophes redirects here. For the music book, see Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music. For other uses, see Apostrophe (disambiguation). ’ Apostrophe …
2apostrophe — Fowler (1926) gave no information on this punctuation mark at the letter A except a cross reference to an entry called ‘possessive puzzles’, which sounds rather more entertaining. He concentrated on a number of difficulties arising from use of… …
3Apostrophe (figure of speech) — Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé , turning away ; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a talker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In… …
4Apostrophe — A*pos tro*phe, n. [(1) L., fr. Gr. ? a turning away, fr. ? to turn away; ? from + ? to turn. (2) F., fr. L. apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer… …
5apostrophe — (n.) mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from M.Fr. apostrophe, from L.L. apostrophus, from Gk. apostrophos (prosoidia) (the accent of) turning away, thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein avert, turn away,… …
6apostrophe — apostrophe1 [ə päs′trə fē] n. [L < Gr apostrophē, a turning away from the audience to address one person < apostrephein < apo , from + strephein, to turn: see STROPHE] words addressed to a person or thing, whether absent or present,… …
7apostrophe — ► NOUN 1) a punctuation mark ( ) used to indicate either possession (e.g. Harry s book) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can t; Jan. 99). 2) Rhetoric a passage that turns away from the subject to address an absent person or thing.… …
8apostrophe — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek apostrophē, literally, act of turning away, from apostrephein to turn away, from apo + strephein to turn Date: 1533 the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically <… …
9apostrophe — apostrophe1 [ə pɒstrəfi] noun a punctuation mark ( ) used to indicate either possession (e.g. Harry s book) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can t; 1 Jan. 99). Origin C16: via late L., from Gk apostrophos, from apostrephein turn away …
10apostrophe */ — UK [əˈpɒstrəfɪ] / US [əˈpɑstrəfɪ] noun [countable] Word forms apostrophe : singular apostrophe plural apostrophes linguistics the symbol used in writing. In English, it marks the possessive form of a noun, for example Bob s car , or a place where …
