How to pronounce apostrophize
American English pronunciation
uh-POS-truh-fyze
- IPA
- /əˈpɑstɹəˌfaɪz/
- Syllables
- uh · POS · truh · fyze (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What apostrophize means
To speak to someone absent as if they were there
In a sentence: In the poem, the girl apostrophizes the moon and asks it where her lost dog went.
Where it comes from: It's apostrophe plus -ize. Here apostrophe means a speech that turns away to talk to someone who isn't there.
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