let
/lɛt/
noun/lɛt/
/lɛt/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
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Meaning 2 · verb
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
“After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.”
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Meaning 3 · verb
To leave.
“Let me alone!”
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Meaning 4 · verb
To allow the release of (a fluid).
“The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.”
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Meaning 5 · verb
To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
“I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.”
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Meaning 6 · verb
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
“to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering”
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Meaning 7 · verb
Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
“Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.”
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Meaning 8 · verb
To cause (+ bare infinitive).
“Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?”
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Meaning 9 · verb
To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
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Meaning 10 · verb
To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
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Meaning 11 · verb
To tarry or delay.
How this word is used
- Everyday “After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.”
- General “Let me alone!”
- General “The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.”
- General “I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.”
- General “to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering”
- General “Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.”
- General “Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?”
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