let
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
Verb 4 meanings
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
“After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.”
To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
To allow the release of (a fluid).
“The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.”
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.”
Noun 2 meanings
The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
Etymology
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”).
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LET at a glance
LET has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #214 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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