let

See also: Let, leť, Leț, lét, lèt, lët, lêt, lết, łęt, Łęt, лет, and -let

let - English

Alternative forms

  • lett (archaic)
  • lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)
  • letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lɛt/
  • Homophone: Lett

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
    • After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
  2. (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
    • Let me be!
  3. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
    • The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
  4. (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.
  5. (transitive) 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
  6. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
    • Let's put on a show!
    • Let us have a moment of silence.
    • Let me just give you the phone number.
    • Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.
  7. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
    • Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?

Usage notes

  • The use of “let” to introduce an imperative may sometimes be confused with its use, as its own imperative, in the sense of “to allow”. For example, the sentence “Let me go to the store.” could either be a second-person imperative of “let” (addressing someone who might prevent the speaker from going to the store) or a first-person singular imperative of “go” (not implying any such preventer).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

  • German: ablassen (de), herauslaufen lassen

Noun

let (plural lets)

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

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
  2. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
  3. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.

Noun

let (plural lets)

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

Derived terms

  • without let or hindrance

Translations

  • French: filet (fr) m
  • German: Netzball (de) m

Anagrams

let - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈlɛt]
  • Homophone: led

Noun

let m inan

  1. flight (the act of flying)

Declension

singular plural
nominative let lety
genitive letu letů
dative letu letům
accusative let lety
vocative lete lety
locative letu letech
instrumental letem lety

Noun

let n

  1. genitive plural of léto

let - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈlɛd̥]

Adjective

let (plural and definite singular attributive lette)

  1. light (not heavy)
  2. easy
  3. slight
  4. mild

Inflection

Inflection of let

Synonyms

Adverb

let

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈlɛd̥]

Noun

let c (singular definite letten, plural indefinite let)

  1. low-fat milk

Declension

common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative let letten let lettene
genitive lets lettens lets lettenes

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈlɛd̥]

Verb

let

  1. imperative of lette

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈleˀd̥]

Verb

let

  1. past participle of le

let - Dutch

Verb

let

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

Anagrams

let - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lɛt/

Interjection

let

  1. (tennis) indicates a let on service

let - Friulian

Verb

let

  1. past participle of lei (read)

let - Gothic

Romanization

lēt

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄

let - Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lʲɛt̪ˠ/

Contraction

let (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of le do (with your sg).
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (the sg)na (the pl)mo (my)do (your)a (his, her, their; which (present))ár (our)ar (which (past))(before consonant)(present/future before vowel)(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)dende na desna*de mo dem*de do ded*, det* dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na dosna*do mo dom*do do dod*, dot* dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo im*i do id*, it*inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo lem*le do led*, let*lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na ósna*ó mo óm*ó do ód*, ót*ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.

let - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

let m (definite singular leten, indefinite plural leter, definite plural letene)

  1. colour

Synonyms

Derived terms


Verb

let

  1. imperative of lete

let - Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (non-standard since 2012) lett

Noun

let m (definite singular leten, indefinite plural leter or letar, definite plural letene or letane)

  1. colour

Derived terms


Verb

let

  1. present tense of la
  2. present tense of lata
  3. past tense of la
  4. past tense of lata

Verb

let

  1. imperative of leta

Anagrams

let - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lêːt/

Noun

lȇt m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑т)

  1. flight

Declension

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

let - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lɛ́t/

Noun

lȅt m inan

  1. flight

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. lèt
gen. sing. léta

let - Tok Pisin

Noun

let

  1. leather
  2. strap (of leather)
  3. belt
Meaning and Definition of let
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