let
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/lɛt/]
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1. let (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
Example: After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
2. let (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
Example: Let me be!
3. let (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To allow the release of (a fluid).
Example: The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
4. let (noun) — sense 4
Definition: The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
Example: Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”
“O certainly a Good Let sir.”
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