stet
See also: štět and štěť
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
stet (plural stets)
- A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain.
- 2005, Douglas Rushkoff, "Commodified vs. Commoditized", 2005-09-04:[1]
- And my copyeditors at HarperCollins want me to use the word “commodified” exclusively, since it’s the only one in Websters. But I see the words as very different, and have issued a big STET on that one.
- 2005, Douglas Rushkoff, "Commodified vs. Commoditized", 2005-09-04:[1]
Usage notes
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.
Translations
symbol
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Verb
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.
- Stet that colon.
Translations
let edited material stand
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See also
- stet docket
- stet processus
References
- Rushkoff, Douglas (2005-09-04), “Commodified vs. Commoditized”, in (please provide the title of the work), archived from the original on 2010-02-21, retrieved 2008-07-21
Anagrams
- ETTs, Etts, TEST, TETS, TETs, Test, Tets, sett, test, tets
German
Etymology
Middle High German stæte, Old High German stāti, ultimately from the root of stehen (“to stand”). Cognate with Bavarian stad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃteːt/
Audio (file)
Adjective
stet (strong nominative masculine singular steter, not comparable)
- steady
- constant, continuous
- 1909, Lily Braun, chapter 15, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Socialist], Lehrjahre, München: Albert Langen:
- Im Grunde hast du ja recht — ganz recht — aber es war doch nur meine große Liebe zu dir — die stete Angst, die deine zu verlieren, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- perpetual
Declension
Positive forms of stet (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist stet | sie ist stet | es ist stet | sie sind stet | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | steter | stete | stetes | stete |
genitive | steten | steter | steten | steter | |
dative | stetem | steter | stetem | steten | |
accusative | steten | stete | stetes | stete | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der stete | die stete | das stete | die steten |
genitive | des steten | der steten | des steten | der steten | |
dative | dem steten | der steten | dem steten | den steten | |
accusative | den steten | die stete | das stete | die steten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein steter | eine stete | ein stetes | (keine) steten |
genitive | eines steten | einer steten | eines steten | (keiner) steten | |
dative | einem steten | einer steten | einem steten | (keinen) steten | |
accusative | einen steten | eine stete | ein stetes | (keine) steten |
Related terms
- stets
Further reading
- “stet” in Duden online
- “stet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /stet/, [s̠t̪ɛt̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stet/, [st̪ɛt̪]
Verb
stet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of stō
Related terms
- stare
- statio
- status