caret
caret is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arrear
- break
- complete
- crude
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- discontinuity
- failing
- fall
- gap
- going
- half
- halves
- hand
- hole
- hollow
- immaturity
- imperfect
- imperfection
- incomplete
- incompletely
- incompleteness
- insufficiency
- insufficient
- interval
- lack
- lacuna
- lame
- link
- meager
- measure
- missing
- neglect
- noncompletion
- nonpreparation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is caret.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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