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stet

Pronunciation: /stɛt/

The English word “stet” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out or changed should remain as it was.
  2. An order staying all proceedings in an action.

verb

  1. To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.
  2. To stay all proceedings in an action.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“to stand”).

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