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Noun [English]

IPA: /stɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“to stand”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stet||let it stand}} Latin stet (“let it stand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stet (plural stets)
  1. A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out or changed should remain as it was. Translations (symbol): korjauksen peruutus (english: generic term used for any notation to reverse an edit) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-stet-en-noun-lpCodktd Categories (other): Symbols Disambiguation of Symbols: 48 13 19 20 Disambiguation of 'symbol': 100 0
  2. (law, especially in Maryland) An order staying all proceedings in an action. Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-stet-en-noun-mcU012O- Categories (other): Law Topics: law

Verb [English]

IPA: /stɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stets [present, singular, third-person], stetting [participle, present], stetted [participle, past], stetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“to stand”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stet||let it stand}} Latin stet (“let it stand”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} stet (third-person singular simple present stets, present participle stetting, simple past and past participle stetted)
  1. (transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was. Tags: transitive Translations (let edited material stand): peruuttaa korjaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-stet-en-verb-P84g9gdh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 63 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 7 55 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 7 54 9 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 4 62 5 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 7 57 9 Disambiguation of 'let edited material stand': 100 0
  2. (law, especially Maryland) To stay all proceedings in an action.
    Sense id: en-stet-en-verb-yAVTjkVr Categories (other): Maryland English, Law Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stet docket, stet processus

Adjective [German]

IPA: /ʃteːt/ Audio: De-stet.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Middle High German stæte, Old High German stāti, ultimately from the root of stehen (“to stand”). Cognate with Bavarian stad. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|stæte}} Middle High German stæte, {{inh|de|goh|stāti}} Old High German stāti, {{cog|bar|stad}} Bavarian stad Head templates: {{de-adj}} stet (strong nominative masculine singular steter, not comparable) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl}} Forms: steter [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], no-table-tags [table-tags], stet [masculine, predicative, singular], stet [feminine, predicative, singular], stet [neuter, predicative, singular], stet [plural, predicative], steter [masculine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], stete [feminine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], stetes [neuter, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], stete [nominative, plural, strong, without-article], steten [genitive, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], steter [feminine, genitive, singular, strong, without-article], steten [genitive, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], steter [genitive, plural, strong, without-article], stetem [dative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], steter [dative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], stetem [dative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], steten [dative, plural, strong, without-article], steten [accusative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], stete [accusative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], stetes [accusative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], stete [accusative, plural, strong, without-article], der stete [definite, includes-article, masculine, nominative, singular, weak], die stete [definite, feminine, includes-article, nominative, singular, weak], das stete [definite, includes-article, neuter, nominative, singular, weak], die steten [definite, includes-article, nominative, plural, weak], des steten [definite, genitive, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der steten [definite, feminine, genitive, includes-article, singular, weak], des steten [definite, genitive, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], der steten [definite, genitive, includes-article, plural, weak], dem steten [dative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der steten [dative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], dem steten [dative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], den steten [dative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], den steten [accusative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], die stete [accusative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], das stete [accusative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], die steten [accusative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], ein steter [includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular], eine stete [feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, nominative, singular], ein stetes [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, nominative, singular], steten [indefinite, mixed, nominative, plural], keine steten [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, nominative, plural], eines steten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer steten [feminine, genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], eines steten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], steten [genitive, indefinite, mixed, plural], keiner steten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einem steten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer steten [dative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], einem steten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], steten [dative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keinen steten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einen steten [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], eine stete [accusative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], ein stetes [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], steten [accusative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keine steten [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural]
  1. steady Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-stet-de-adj-V-HwR7ML
  2. constant, continuous Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-stet-de-adj-a8swrvC2
  3. perpetual Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-stet-de-adj-yJ82I8ei Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stets

Verb [Latin]

IPA: [ˈstɛt] [Classical-Latin], [ˈstɛt] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} stet
  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of stō Tags: active, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: stō Related terms: stare, statio, status
    Sense id: en-stet-la-verb-8gkY0okU Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Truly, American copy-editing has fallen into a state of demoralized confusion over hyphenated and unhyphenated compounds—or at least, I am demoralized and confused, having just gone through the manuscript of a novel in which a very smart and careful and goodnatured copy-editor has deleted about two hundred of my innocent tinkertoy hyphens. I wrote “stet hyphen” in the margin so many times that I finally abbreviated it to “SH”—but there was no wicked glee in my intransigence: I didn’t want to be the typical prose prima donna who made her life difficult.",
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          "text": "Appellant contends that the indictment, having been stetted [in Maryland], it is no longer in force and effect (Applt.'s Brief, Point IV). It is submitted that the stetting of an indictment is equivalent only to a discharge of a defendant on his own recognizance.",
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          "text": "Truly, American copy-editing has fallen into a state of demoralized confusion over hyphenated and unhyphenated compounds—or at least, I am demoralized and confused, having just gone through the manuscript of a novel in which a very smart and careful and goodnatured copy-editor has deleted about two hundred of my innocent tinkertoy hyphens. I wrote “stet hyphen” in the margin so many times that I finally abbreviated it to “SH”—but there was no wicked glee in my intransigence: I didn’t want to be the typical prose prima donna who made her life difficult.",
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          "perpetual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃteːt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-stet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/De-stet.ogg/De-stet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/De-stet.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stet"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "stet",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "stare"
    },
    {
      "word": "statio"
    },
    {
      "word": "status"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "stō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present active subjunctive of stō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stō",
          "sto#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstɛt]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstɛt]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stet"
}

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