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APOSTROPHIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apostrophize mean?
• APOSTROPHIZE (verb)
The verb APOSTROPHIZE has 1 sense:
1. use an apostrophe
Familiarity information: APOSTROPHIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they apostrophize ... he / she / it apostrophizes
Past simple: apostrophized
Past participle: apostrophized
-ing form: apostrophizing
... he / she / it apostrophizes Past simple: apostrophized
Past participle: apostrophized
-ing form: apostrophizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use an apostrophe
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
apostrophise; apostrophize
Hypernyms (to "apostrophize" 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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