let

CEFRA1

/lɛt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To allow someone to do something or allow something to happen.

  2. 02

    verb

    To rent a house or room to someone.

Examples

  • Can you let me have the finished artwork for the poster by Friday?

  • I will let you know as soon as the decision is made.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To allow the release of (a fluid).

  2. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

  3. To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.

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In context

  • Please let me help you with those heavy grocery bags.

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

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

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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,...