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Apostrophe

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

address to an absent or imaginary person

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Apostrophes
possessive
Apostrophe's
pluralpossessive
Apostrophes'