stet

UK: /stɛt/ US: /stɛt/ ,(stet)

Inflections of 'stet' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

stets

v 3rd person singular

stetting

v pres p

stetted

v past

stetted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

stet /stɛt/   v., stet•ted, stet•ting. 
v. [no object]

1. Printing (used as a direction on a manuscript) keep, restore, or retain material previously deleted.

v. [~ + object]

2. Printing to 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 © 2025

stet (stet),  v., stet•ted, stet•ting. 

v.i. 

1. Printing let 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. 

2. Printing to 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/ noun

1. a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained
   Compare dele

verb (stets, stetting, stetted)

1. (transitive) to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet

Etymology: Latin, literally: let it stand