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Meanings of
apostrophe
in English
Russian
апостроф
Portuguese
apóstrofo
Spanish
apóstrofos
Catalan
apòstrof
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Punctuation mark and diacritic mark.
apostroph
Russian
апостроф
Usage of
apostrophe
in English
1
Name the words of the poem in which the
apostrophe
is used.
2
The mark for the
apostrophe
;
and also the marks for inverted commas.
3
The
apostrophe
to her shows the vividness and exuberance of his imagination:-
4
I could have cried out like Enoch Arden in his dying
apostrophe
:
-
5
This grandiose
apostrophe
was scarcely in accord with his costume and physiognomy.
6
But Barbara smiled up the street toward them, unconscious of the
apostrophe
.
7
His glance took in Undine, widened to astonishment and passed into
apostrophe
.
8
Bartlett concludes with an
apostrophe
on the brevity of all human affairs.
9
She smiled, and began an
apostrophe
to herself, after the following manner:
10
Does not the final 'y' of 'tawny' suppose an
apostrophe
and apocope?
11
But in one place at least, the
apostrophe
's
future looks secure.
12
Candidate in India listened to an
apostrophe
to the God of Nature, 361-l.
13
The
apostrophe
is then placed at the end of the word.
14
For the
apostrophe
to Salamis appeared to denote destruction and defeat.
15
The Nineteenth Psalm opens with a lofty
apostrophe
to Nature, commencing:
16
As if instinct with life, the beautiful vessel answered my
apostrophe
.
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About this term
apostrophe
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
famous apostrophe
missing apostrophe
beautiful apostrophe
fervid apostrophe
find the apostrophe
More collocations
Translations for
apostrophe
Russian
апостроф
Portuguese
apóstrofo
Spanish
apóstrofos
apóstrofo
apostrofos
apostrofo
Catalan
apòstrof
Apostrophe
through the time
Apostrophe
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common