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APOSTROPHISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apostrophise mean?
• APOSTROPHISE (verb)
The verb APOSTROPHISE has 1 sense:
1. use an apostrophe
Familiarity information: APOSTROPHISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use an apostrophe
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
apostrophise; apostrophize
Hypernyms (to "apostrophise" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
apostrophe (the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word)
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