letverb
uk/let/us/let/present participle letting, past tense and past participle letlet verb (ALLOW)
B1 [ T + infinitive without to ] to allow something to happen or someone to do something by not doing anything to stop an action or by giving your permission:
[ T + obj + infinitive without to , not in past tenses ] used to show that you accept what is going to happen, although you do not like it:
[ T + obj + infinitive without to , not in past tenses ] used to say that you wish something to happen very much:
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- They agreed to let us live there rent-free.
- It isn't hygienic to let the cat sit on the dining table.
- We were asked to show some identification before the security guards would let us in.
- The dog's scratching at the door - shall I let him in?
- Kyle's mom lets him stay up late on the weekends.
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Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- head
- leave
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- unlicensed
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let verb (SUGGEST)
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- None of us has much money so let's combine what we've got.
- Now let's hear from Sue at our travel desk.
- I don't want to talk about it anymore - let's drop the subject.
- I know - let's go to the beach!
- Stop shouting and let's discuss this reasonably.
A2 used to express a suggestion or request that includes you and the other person or people:
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- indication
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- move
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- posit
- postulate
- proposal
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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let verb (RENT)
[ T ] mainly UK US usually rent to allow your house or land to be lived in or used by someone else in exchange for a regular payment:
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Mortgages & real estate
- brick
- chain
- endowment policy
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- holding
- home buyer
- housebuyer
- land tenure
- landholding
- leasehold
- leaseholder
- lessee
- negative equity
- open house
- owner-occupied
- property developer
- rateable value
- real estate agent
- title deed
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
letadverb
uk/let/us/let/C1 used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened:
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- I mean idiom
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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letnoun
uk/let/us/let/let noun (SPORT)
sports [ C ] (in tennis or similar games) a situation in which the ball touches the net as it crosses it, so that you have to play the point again
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Tennis & racket sports
- birdie
- break
- break point
- court
- deuce
- double
- fault
- groundstroke
- half-volley
- knock
- lawn tennis
- match point
- passing shot
- racket
- racquetball
- rally
- seed
- smash
- sweet spot
- tennis shoe
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let noun (LAW)
without being prevented from doing something:
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Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free spirit
- free time
- free-form
- independent
- indie
- latitude
- liberty
- maverick
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- paddle your own canoe idiom
- volunteer
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let noun (RENT)
[ C ] UK the act of allowing someone to use your house, land, etc. in exchange for regular payments:
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Mortgages & real estate
- brick
- chain
- endowment policy
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- holding
- home buyer
- housebuyer
- land tenure
- landholding
- leasehold
- leaseholder
- lessee
- negative equity
- open house
- owner-occupied
- property developer
- rateable value
- real estate agent
- title deed
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