Let

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See also Let, -let, and lét

English

Most common English words: whole « find « got « #192: let » world » thing » set

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛt/, SAMPA: /lEt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Middle English leten from Old English lǣtan (“‘to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent’”), from Proto-Germanic *lǣt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lēd-. Cognate with Dutch latan, German lassen, Swedish låta.

Verb

Infinitive to Let

Third person singular lets

Simple past let or obsolete leet

Past participle let or rarely letten

Present participle letting

to Let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or obsolete leet, past participle let or rarely letten)

1. (transitive) To allow, not to prevent (+ infinitive, usually without to).

   After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.

2. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).

   The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.

3. (transitive) 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.

4. (obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:

     Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne.

   Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?

Synonyms

• (to allow): allow, permit

Translations

to allow

Arabic: سمح (sámaħa) Bosnian: pustiti bs(bs), dozvoliti bs(bs) Chinese: 讓, 让 (ràng) Croatian: pustiti hr(hr), dozvoliti hr(hr) Danish: tillade, lade Dutch: laten nl(nl), toestaan nl(nl) Finnish: antaa fi(fi), sallia fi(fi) French: laisser fr(fr) German: lassen de(de) Hungarian: hagy hu(hu), enged hu(hu) Ido: lasar Italian: permettere it(it), lasciare it(it) Japanese: ...させる (...saseru) Korean: 시키다 (sikida)

Norwegian: la no(no) Polish: pozwalać pl(pl) Portuguese: deixar pt(pt) Romanian: lăsa ro(ro) Russian: пускать ru(ru) (puskát’) Serbian: Cyrillic: пустити, дозволити Roman: pustiti, dozvoliti Slovene: pustiti sl(sl) Spanish: permitir es(es), dejar es(es) Swedish: låta sv(sv) Tagalog: hayaan tl(tl), pabayaan tl(tl) Telugu: ఇవ్వు (ivvu) Vietnamese: trở (literally: to give), để

to put up for rent

Dutch: verhuren German: vermieten de(de) Hungarian: bérel hu(hu) Italian: affittare it(it)

Norwegian: leie ut no(no) Polish: wynajmować pl(pl) Spanish: alquilar es(es), arrendar es(es)

Etymology 2

Middle English letten (“‘to hinder, delay’”) from Old English lettan (“‘to hinder, delay", lit. "to make late’”), from Proto-Germanic *lāto-. Akin to Old English latian (“‘to delay’”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“‘late’”). More at late, delay.

Verb

Infinitive to Let

Third person singular lets

Simple past letted

Past participle let

Present participle letting

to Let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past letted, past participle let)

1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent.

Noun

Singular Let

Plural {{{1}}}

Let ({{{1}}})

1. A hindrance.

   ...without let or hindrance (on all commonwealth passports)

2. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

Translations

a hindrance

the hindrance

German: Netzball m.

Anagrams

• ELT,
• ETL
• tel

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Noun

Let m.

1. flight

Derived terms

• letový

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛt/, [lɛd̥]

Adjective

Let (neuter let, definite and plural lette, comparative lettere, superlative lettest)

1. light
2. easy
3. slight
4. mild

Synonyms

• (easy): nem, enkel

Adverb

Let

1. lightly
2. easily
3. slightly
4. mildly

Verb

Let

1. Imperative of lette.

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Dutch

Verb

Let

1. The first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of letten.
2. The imperative of letten.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leita (“‘to search’”), related to líta (“‘to see’”)

Verb

Let [[Category:Template:Nb verbs|Let]]

1. Imperative form of lete (to search)

Alternative spellings

• leit

Etymology 2

From Old Norse litr (“‘colour’”), related to líta (“‘to see’”)

Noun

Let m. [[Category:Template:Nb nouns|Let]]

1. colour

Synonyms

• farge

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse litr (“‘colour’”), related to líta (“‘to see’”)

Noun

Let m.

1. colour

Alternative spellings

• lett

Synonyms

• farge

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lȇt m. (Cyrillic spelling ле̑т)

1. flight

Declension

    declension of Let

	singular	plural
nominative	lȇt	létovi
genitive	leta	lètōvā
dative	letu	letovima
accusative	let	letove
vocative	lete	letovi
locative	letu	letovima
instrumental	letom	letovima

Related terms

• lètjeti / lèteti

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Slovene

Noun

let m.

1. flight

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Tok Pisin

Noun

Let [[Category:Template:Tpi nouns|Let]]

1. belt

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