apostrophe
/əˈpɑstrəfi/
noun
- A punctuation mark (') used to show that letters or numbers have been left out (as in don't for do not) or to show possession (as in John's book).
- Don't forget to add an apostrophe in the word 'can't'.
- My teacher corrected the missing apostrophe in 'the dogs bowl'.
- The apostrophe in 'Sarah's car' shows that the car belongs to Sarah.
- A speech or passage in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing as if it were present and could respond.
- The character's apostrophe to the moon revealed his loneliness.
- In the poem, the poet uses an apostrophe to address death directly.
- Shakespeare's 'O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?' is a famous apostrophe.