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SINGLE QUOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does single quote mean?
• SINGLE QUOTE (noun)
The noun SINGLE QUOTE has 1 sense:
1. a single quotation mark
Familiarity information: SINGLE QUOTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A single quotation mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("single quote" is a kind of...):
inverted comma; quotation mark; quote (a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else)
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