0 the symbol ’ used in writing to show when a letter or a number has been left out, as in I'm (= I am) or '85 (= 1985), or that is used before or after s to show possession, as in Helen's house or babies' hands:
1 a mark (’) used in writing to show that a letter or a number has been omitted, or before or after s to show possession
Simon has a clear-sighted vision of the company's future.
I'm sure my views on marriage are coloured by my parents' divorce.
Spelling with apostrophes and understanding possession.
What stuck out rather incongruously in the two headings were the repeated apostrophes, which were large enough to be cut out and mounted by collectors of such ephemera.
There were increases also in the use of apostrophes to separate the inflection from the stem in ad hoc verbs such as henna'd and prorata'd (up 6% and 8% respectively).
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(表示省略或加在字母s前後表示所有格的)撇號,省字元,省略符號(’), (用於字母s前表示數字或字母的複數形式)…
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(表示省略或加在字母s前后表示所有格的)撇号,省字符,省略符号(’), (用于字母s前表示数字或字母的复数形式)…
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apóstrofo, apóstrofe = de [masculine], apóstrofe [masculine]…
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apóstrofo…
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アポストロフィ, ( ’ )の記号(文字や数字を省略した部分に付ける), ( ’ )の記号(所有者を表す時に付ける)…
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(') işareti, kesme işareti, bir noktalama işareti…
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apostrophe [feminine], apostrophe…
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apòstrof…
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