let

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
2. (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
3. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
4. (British, transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
5. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
6. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
7. (transitive) To cause (+ bare infinitive).

Noun

The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.

Noun

1. An obstacle or hindrance.
2. The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

Synonyms

allow

permit

leave

lease

rent

hire

rent out

grant

may

admit

make

countenance

release

give

leave alone

abandon

hire out

authorize

net ball

give permission

accord

have

forsake

get

clear

yield

suffer

tolerate

quit

afford

obstacle

lend

let go

deliver

approve

discharge

consent

farm out

sanction

bestow

bequeath

apply

believe

be convinced

actuate

bear with

bar

allot

clog

bag

Translations

laisser

dejar

permitir

lasciare

permettre

permettere

lassen

erlauben

toelaten

permitir

toestaan

laten

deixar

gestatten

vermieten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛt/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: lat

Cognate with Northern Frisian: lete

Cognate with Western Frisian: litte

Cognate with Dutch: laten

Cognate with German: lassen

Cognate with Swedish: låta

Cognate with Icelandic: láta

Cognate with Albanian: lë

Cognate with Old English: latian

Cognate with Dutch: letten

Cognate with Old English: læt

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 be tired, leave”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

Sentences

Let them come in .

Let me hear you cheer !

Never let the sun go down on your anger .

Never let the sun set on thy wrath .

If you start your emails with " Greetings " let me be the first to welcome you to Earth .

They won't let me go !