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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stet /stɛt/USA pronunciation v., stet•ted, stet•ting. v. [no object] - Printing(used as a direction on a manuscript) keep, restore, or retain material previously deleted.
v. [~ + object] - Printingto retain (material previously deleted) by marking it with the word "stet'' or a row of dots.
See -stan-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stet (stet),USA pronunciation v., stet•ted, stet•ting.
v.i. - Printinglet it stand (used imperatively as a direction on a printer's proof, manuscript, or the like, to retain material previously cancelled, usually accompanied by a row of dots under or beside the material).
v.t. - Printingto mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word "stet'' or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Latin stēt, present subjunctive 3rd pers. singular of stāre to stand
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stet /stɛt/ n - a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained
vb (stets, stetting, stetted)- (transitive) to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet
Etymology: Latin, literally: let it stand |