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Let

lɛt

Let definitions

verb

Inflections:

lets letting let letted

not prevent or forbid; allow

"my boss let me leave early"

Synonyms:
allow permit give permission to give leave to authorize sanction grant grant the right to warrant license empower enable entitle
- allow to pass in a particular direction
  
  "could you let the dog out?"
used in the imperative to formulate various expressions

Synonyms:
allow permit give permission to give leave to authorize sanction grant grant the right to warrant license empower enable entitle
- used as a polite way of making or responding to a suggestion, giving an instruction, or introducing a remark
  
  "let's have a drink"
- used to make an offer of help
  
  "‘Here, let me,’ offered Bruce"
- used to express one's strong desire for something to happen or be the case
  
  "‘Dear God,’ Jessica prayed, ‘let him be all right.’"
- used as a way of expressing defiance or challenge
  
  "if he wants to walk out, well let him!"
- used to express an assumption upon which a theory or calculation is to be based
  
  "let A and B stand for X and Y respectively"
allow someone to have the use of (a room or property) in return for regular payments

"she let the flat to a tenant"

Synonyms:
rent out rent lease hire hire out loan give on loan sublet sublease farm out contract charge for the use of
- award (a contract for a project) to an applicant
  
  "preliminary contracts were let and tunnelling work started"

noun

Inflections:

let lets

a period during which a room or property is rented

"I've taken a month's let on the flat"
- a property available for rent
  
  "an unfurnished let"