stet

A verb used in proofreading and editing to indicate that a previously deleted or marked text should remain as it was, meaning 'let it stand'.

• 🇩🇪Verb aus der Korrektur- und Redaktionspraxis, das anweist, dass ein zuvor gestrichener oder markierter Text unverändert bestehen bleiben soll; bedeutet „es soll stehen bleiben“.

1. Cancel a correction C2 formal

   To cancel a previously marked correction or deletion in a text, indicating that the original should be kept.

   • The editor wrote 'stet' in the margin to undo the deletion.
   • The proofreader marked 'stet' next to the crossed-out word.
   • After reviewing, the author decided to stet the original phrasing.

   🇩🇪Korrektur zurücknehmen

   Synonyme: keepretain

2. Retain original text C2 formal

   A directive used in proofreading to instruct that a marked omission or correction should be ignored and the original text kept.

   • The manuscript had 'stet' written beside the proposed change.
   • The typesetter followed the 'stet' instruction and restored the original line.
   • The editor used 'stet' to preserve the author's original wording.

   🇩🇪So lassen

   Synonyme: keepretain

   Antonyme: canceldeleteomitremove

• stetted past participle
• stetted past simple
• stetting present participle
• stets third person singular