"apostrophe" meaning in All languages combined

See apostrophe on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈpɒs.trə.fi/ [UK], /əˈpɑːs.trə.fi/ [US] Audio: en-us-apostrophe.ogg [US], en-au-apostrophe.ogg [Australia] Forms: apostrophe [singular], apostrophes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An apostrophe is a punctuation mark which is used to show that part of a word is missing, to show that something belongs to someone, or added after plurals of numbers, letters and abbreviations.
    Sense id: simple-apostrophe-en-noun-GGPZTGj~
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          "text": "In the phrase \"John's sentence\", there is an apostrophe after John but before the \"s\" to show that the sentence belongs to John."
        }
      ],
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        "An apostrophe is a punctuation mark which is used to show that part of a word is missing, to show that something belongs to someone, or added after plurals of numbers, letters and abbreviations."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈpɑːs.trə.fi/",
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        }
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    },
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}

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