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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A quotation mark.

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  • noun UK A type of quotation mark, denoted by (an "open inverted comma") or (a "close inverted comma"). Often used instead of "inverted commas", which also means a "double style" inverted comma, denoted by ("open inverted commas") or ("close inverted commas"), in the United Kingdom.

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  • noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Etymologies

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From the appearance of an apostrophe as a raised or "inverted" comma.

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