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verb · transitive · rare

stet

stet · stets · stetted · stetting

To let stand, or remain as it wasTo let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.

/stɛt/

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.
Stet that colon.
To stay all proceedings in an action.

More definitions

direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained
cancel, as of a correction or deletion

Origin

Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“to stand”).

Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“to stand”).

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Forms

stets, stetting, stetted, stetted

Base form	stet · to stet
3rd person singular	stets
Present participle	stetting
Past simple	stetted
Past participle	stetted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	stet
he, she, it	stets

Past simpleLesson

all persons

stetted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have stetted
he, she, it	has stetted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will stet

Word family

1 related words

Relatedstet docket

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

sternB2 sternly sternum steroid stethoscope steven stewB2

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