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Apostrophe

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speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Orthography, Diacritical marks, Punctuation marks & Typography:
The
’, which
as a
in various
and as a
in certain
contexts.
In Rhetoric & Talking:
A
of
to someone
, especially absent.
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Origin

apostrophe
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apostrophe
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apostrophe
Latin
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ἀποστροφή
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
apostrophus
Latin
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ἀπόστροφος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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