Definitions
a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
Word origin
From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“to lack”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.”
“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).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Insertion mark”5 letters
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