let

Betekenis (English)

1. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
2. To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
3. To allow the release of (a fluid).
4. To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
5. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
6. Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
7. To cause (+ bare infinitive).
8. 1818, John Keats, To—
9. 1818, John Keats, To—: Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].

toelaten

laten

laten schieten

laten begaan

loslaten

verhinderen

verhindering

gehuurd

plaatsbespreking

verhuring

goedvinden

give permission

net ball

yield

consent to

endue

give credence to

let’s

trim down

accord with

bite out

make room for

well then

would that

allow to grant

put out to lease

ebb off

ebb out

approve of

be convinced

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɛt/

Cognate with Schots

Cognate with Noord-Fries

Cognate with Fries

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Duits

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Cognate with IJslands

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Cognate with Oudengels

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Oudengels

In summary

Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave behind”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), North Frisian lete (“to let”), West Frisian litte (“to let”), Dutch laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Icelandic láta (“to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

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