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apostrophe

/əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
  2. A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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