Definitions
the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
Word origin
From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
Used in a sentence
“Since its inception the apostrophe has been a controversial piece of punctuation.”
“Apostrophe a bold digression makes, Mov'd by some sudden thought the theme awakes.”
“As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“omission mark”10 letters
02“Contraction mark”10 letters
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