caret

[ kar-it ]

noun

1. a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.

caret

/ ˈkærɪt /

noun

1. a symbol ( ) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted

Word History and Origins

Origin of caret¹

1700–10; < Latin caret (there) is lacking or wanting, 3rd person singular present indicative of carēre to be without

Word History and Origins

Origin of caret¹

C17: from Latin, literally: there is missing, from carēre to lack

Example Sentences

Anaesthesia Sexualis status est in quo vir aut mulier omnino caret sensatione sexuali.

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He was a tall man, rather slender, with flat, bland features punctuated only by blond caret-shaped eyebrows.

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What right has a man with a pate that looks like a caret, to shplit my head into a hundred pieces?

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Caret profecto omnibus his, qui vitam suam vult semper habere cum famulis.'

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Animan igitur omni corpore carere omnino non posse, illud, ut puto, ostendit quia Deus solus omni corpore semper caret.

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