Definitions for caret

caret car·et

Spelling: [kar-it]
IPA: /ˈkær ɪt/

Caret is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in caret (acert).

Definitions for caret

noun

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

Origin of caret

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

Examples for caret

There is much private history which will never come to light, caret quia vate sacro, because no Budgeteer comes across it.

Transcriber's Note: The caret (^) has been used to mark subscript in the text version.

caret, Murphy, and the other priests now returned to Tahiti.

caret periculo, qui etiam cum est tutus cavet—He is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety, is on his guard.

The caret (^) is used to mark the omission of a letter or word or a number of words.

The above examples illustrate the use of the caret with the omission of a letter, a word or phrase.

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

The last is one of five stanzas, with music "set by Mr. caret:"

Here is a little tale that has not “caret”-ed its “vates”; “sacer” is another point.

The omitted part is generally written above, and the caret shows where it should be inserted.

Word Value for caret
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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