stet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
  2. verb printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)

Etymology

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

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