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car·et 
[kar-it] Pronunciation Key
[kar-it] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted. |
[Origin: 1700–10; < L caret (there) is lacking or wanting, 3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. of carére to be without]
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| car·et
(kār'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n. A proofreading symbol (^) used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written matter. [Latin, there is lacking, third person sing. present tense of carēre, to lack; see kes- in Indo-European roots.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
caret
caret
1681, from L. "there is lacking," 3rd pers. sing. of carere "to lack."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| caret | |
noun | |
| a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
caret
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Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; ITU-T: circumflex. Rare: chevron; INTERCAL: shark (or shark-fin); to the ("to the power of"); fang; pointer (in Pascal).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Caret, VA Zip code(s): 22436
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Caret
Ca"ret\, n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.] A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Caret
Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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