Apostrophe

//əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi//

Word Type

Noun

The word "apostrophe" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

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Derived Terms

apologetic apostrophe apostrophectomy apostrophed apostropheless apostrophic apostrophically apostrophise apostrophize curly apostrophe greengrocer's apostrophe greengrocers' apostrophe idiot's apostrophe printer's apostrophe rogue apostrophe straight apostrophe typewriter apostrophe typographic apostrophe typographical apostrophe vertical apostrophe

Context

orthography rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

punctuation punctuation mark rhetorical device

Instance Of

Type Of (IsA)

album punctuation rhetorical device

Related Terms

Related Terms

absent addressed catastrophe diacritical mark dialogue exclamatory punctuation ʻokina

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