stet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) from stō (“I 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
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Verb
stet (third-person singular simple present stets, present participle stetting, simple past and past participle stetted)
Translations
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
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 quotation)
- perpetual
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /stet/, [s̠t̪ɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stet/, [st̪ɛt̪]