Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A proofreading symbol (⁁) used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written matter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the hawkbill sea-turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.
- noun A mark (∧) used in writing, in correcting printers' proofs, etc., to indicate the proper place of something that is interlined or written in the margin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The hawkbill turtle. See
hawkbill . - noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun graphical user interface An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a
cursor . - noun nonstandard A
háček . - noun A kind of turtle, the
hawksbill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A caret is a proofreader's symbol, indicating where words or letters are to be inserted.
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A caret is a proofreader's symbol, indicating where words or letters are to be inserted.
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A caret is a proofreader's symbol, indicating where words or letters are to be inserted.
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"Terror indeed," thought I. "Pannum nossum quotditty hamminum da nobs holyday, e missy nobs debitty nossa si cut nos demittimissibus debetenibas nossimus e, ne, nos hem-duckam in, in, in temptationemum, sed lillibery nos a ma -- ma --" Here a heavy lash brought the very Oh! that was "caret" to complete the sentence.
Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820
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a heavy lash brought the very Oh! that was "caret" to complete the sentence.
Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820
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Note, that the Chinese do not make their forgeries from the same caret of gold or silver as the originals.
NCS Conserves Coins Recovered from the Steamship New York : Coin Collecting News 2009
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Monster neon signs, big, blow-up gorillas floating above the used cars outside; sleek, halogen-spotted showrooms where new cars look like thousand caret diamonds in an oversized jewelry store.
candy bars, selling cars and satan MaryAnne Kolton 2011
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But David Cameron says there is room for cooperation on such issues as education and the environment, and he held out the caret of at least, perhaps, discussing what the Lib Dems really want - voting reform and a switch to proportional representation.
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Caret Browsing: This works like moving the caret in a Word doc.
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The wear 4 caret size pearl stone studded in silver ring (open setting) on your small finger on any Monday during evening time.
Gemology Pearl: Wear Ring or Mala to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Moon in Your Horoscope 2009
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April 23, 2008