stet
(verb) printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
stet
(verb) printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stet (plural stets)
A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain.
Usually used by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots. Alternatively, a circled checkmark may be used in the margin.
stet (third-person singular simple present stets, present participle stetting, simple past and past participle stetted)
(transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.
• TEST, TETS, TETs, Test, Tets, sett, test, tets
Source: Wiktionary
Stet, Etym: L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. Etym: [See Stand.] (Print.)
Definition: Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
Stet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.] (Print.)
Definition: To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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