a word in which two letters, such as nt , are joined by an apostrophe to indicate that there is a missing letter or letters between them. For example, can’t = cannot .

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1. a word in which two letters, such as nt , are joined by an apostrophe to indicate that there is a missing letter or letters between them. For example, can’t = cannot .