apostrophize
verb /əˈpɒstrəfaɪz/
/əˈpɑːstrəfaɪz/
(British English also apostrophise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they apostrophize | /əˈpɒstrəfaɪz/ /əˈpɑːstrəfaɪz/ |
| he / she / it apostrophizes | /əˈpɒstrəfaɪzɪz/ /əˈpɑːstrəfaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple apostrophized | /əˈpɒstrəfaɪzd/ /əˈpɑːstrəfaɪzd/ |
| past participle apostrophized | /əˈpɒstrəfaɪzd/ /əˈpɑːstrəfaɪzd/ |
| -ing form apostrophizing | /əˈpɒstrəfaɪzɪŋ/ /əˈpɑːstrəfaɪzɪŋ/ |
- apostrophize somebody (specialist) to address what you are saying, or a poem, a speech in a play, etc. to a particular person or thing
- apostrophize something (formal) to add apostrophes to a piece of writing