let
Meaning of let
verb
- not prevent or forbid; allow.
my boss let me leave early
you mustn't let yourself get so involved
- used in the imperative to formulate various expressions.
- allow someone to have the use of (a room or property) in return for regular payments.
she let the flat to a tenant
they've let out their house
- a period during which a room or property is rented.
I've taken a month's let on the flat
Old English lǣtan ‘leave behind, leave out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laten and German lassen, also to late.
noun- (in racket sports) a circumstance under which a service is nullified and has to be taken again, especially (in tennis) when the ball clips the top of the net and falls within bounds.
he was obstructed and asked for a let
- hinder.
pray you let us not; we fain would greet our mother
Old English lettan ‘hinder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch letten, also to late.
suffix- (forming nouns) denoting a smaller or lesser kind.
booklet
starlet
- denoting articles of ornament or dress.
anklet
necklet
originally corresponding to French -ette added to nouns ending in -el .
Information about let
- The plural form of let is: lets.
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CatalanHyphenation of let
let
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- let is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
let synonyms
Meaning allow:
Meaning permit:
Meaning get:
Meaning lease:
Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning grant a licence to:
Meaning give (someone) the authority or power to do something:
Meaning give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for:
Meaning give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something:
Meaning allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference:
Meaning allow (someone) to do something:
Meaning a small stream:
Meaning make (something, especially something bad) happen:
Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:
Meaning give approval to:
Meaning obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment:
Meaning lend (a sum of money or item of property):
Meaning lease (a property) to a subtenant:
Meaning another term for sublet:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
let antonyms
Meaning keep (something) from happening:
Meaning formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority:
Translation of let
- French: permettre, autoriser
- Spanish: permitir, aprobar, autorizar, dejar
- Italian: lasciare, permettere, autorizzare, volere, acconsentire
- German: erlauben
Anagrams of let
Words that rhyme with let
Let, scalet, dalet, medalet, sealet, galet, Eliphalet, chalet, jalet, Tafilalet, Malet, palet, Ferralet, stralet, salet, Hospitalet, pantalet, autovalet, cervalet, chevalet, valet, eyalet, royalet, blet, ablet, cablet, crablet, dablet, gablet, tablet, dribblet, treblet, driblet, giblet, quiblet, riblet, squiblet, triblet, bulblet, bomblet, camblet, crumblet, gimblet, tomblet, boblet, goblet, barblet, herblet, orblet, warblet
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