Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨^⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: user interface
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noun
A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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noun
A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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noun
A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mark
History
From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“to lack”).
Borrowed from French caret.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
