lets

Meaning of lets

verb, 3rd person present
  1. not prevent or forbid; allow.
    my boss let me leave early
    you mustn't let yourself get so involved
  2. used in the imperative to formulate various expressions.
  3. 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
plural noun
  1. 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.

plural noun
  1. (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
verb, 3rd person present
  1. 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.

Information about lets

  • The singular form of lets is: let.
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Hyphenation of lets

lets

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • lets is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lets synonyms

Meaning let (someone) have or do something:

allow

Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:

permit

Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):

authorize

Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):

sanction

Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:

grant

Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):

warrant

Meaning grant a licence to:

license

Meaning give (someone) the authority or power to do something:

empower

Meaning give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for:

enable

Meaning give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something:

entitle

Meaning allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference:

tolerate

Meaning admit as acceptable or possible:

countenance

Meaning allow (someone) to do something:

suffer

Meaning a small stream:

brook

Meaning make (something, especially something bad) happen:

cause

Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:

make

Meaning give approval to:

OK

Meaning pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car):

rent

Meaning grant (property) on lease; let:

lease

Meaning obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment:

hire

Meaning lend (a sum of money or item of property):

loan

Meaning lease (a property) to a subtenant:

sublet

Meaning another term for sublet:

sublease

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

contract

lets antonyms

Meaning keep (something) from happening:

prevent

Meaning formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority:

prohibit

Anagrams of lets

elts, lest, selt, tels

Words that rhyme with lets

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