ALL meanings of stet
stet
S s - verb without object stet 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). 1
- verb with object stet to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain. 1
- expression stet proofreader's note: let it stand 1
- noun stet a word or mark indicating that certain deleted typeset or written matter is to be retained 0
- verb stet to mark (matter to be retained) with a stet 0
- verb impersonal stet let it stand 0
- verb transitive stet to cancel a change in or a marked deletion of (a word, character, passage, etc., as in a proof or manuscript), as by writing “stet” in the margin and underlining stetted matter with a row of dots 0