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caret

/ˈkæɹ.ɪt/US/ˈkæɹ.ɪt/

caret noun: a mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.

Noun (1)

caret (plural carets)

  1. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
  2. An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
  3. (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
  4. (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
  5. (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
    • […] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.1944, Maro Beath Jones, “Inclusive Uniform Alphabet for Russian, Bulgarian, Serb-Croatian, Czech, Polish”, in Claremont Slavic Series, Claremont College, page 10
    • The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v).1948, Bohumil Emil Mikula, Progressive Czech (Bohemian) (Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America), 6

Noun (2)

caret (plural carets)

  1. (archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).

caret meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

caret in Tamil

இடைவெளிச்சுட்டு, இடையெச்சக்குறி, முகடு

caret in Malayalam

symbol
പാടിനി pāṭini

Forms of caret

pluralcarets

Origin of caret

From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“to lack”).

Borrowed from French caret.

Words formed from caret

Phrases with caret

Words that rhyme with caret

Questions about caret

What does caret mean?
Caret means a mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
What is caret in Tamil?
Caret in Tamil is இடைவெளிச்சுட்டு, இடையெச்சக்குறி, முகடு. See Caret meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is caret?
Caret is a noun.
How do you pronounce caret?
Caret is pronounced /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of caret?
The plural of caret is carets.

Words near caret in the dictionary

  1. caressive
  2. caressively
  3. caressives
  4. carest
  5. Careston
  6. caret
  7. caret notation
  8. caretake
  9. caretaken
  10. caretaker
  11. caretaker government

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: caret (page history and authors); caret (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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