Meaning & use
Carets
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Small wedge-shaped marks (^) used in writing or editing to show where something should be inserted.
See it in a sentence
The editor used carets throughout the manuscript to mark missing words.
In many programming languages, carets are used as an operator symbol as well as an insertion mark.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'caret', meaning 'it is lacking', reflecting the symbol's original purpose of marking an omission in a text.
Words with a similar meaning
insertion marks
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