LET

let, net ball

(noun) a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver’s court; the ball must be served again

LET, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous

(noun) a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; “Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus”

get, let, have

(verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; “He got his squad on the ball”; “This let me in for a big surprise”; “He got a girl into trouble”

let

(verb) leave unchanged; “let it be”

let

(verb) actively cause something to happen; “I let it be known that I was not interested”

permit, allow, let, countenance

(verb) consent to, give permission; “She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband”; “I won’t let the police search her basement”; “I cannot allow you to see your exam”

lease, let, rent

(verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; “I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners”

let, allow, permit

(verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; “This permits the water to rush in”; “This sealed door won’t allow the water come into the basement”; “This will permit the rain to run off”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

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

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

(transitive) To leave.

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

(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.

(transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.

(transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).

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

• (to allow): allow, permit

Noun

let (plural lets)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

(archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).

(obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.

(obsolete) To tarry or delay.

Noun

let (plural lets)

An obstacle or hindrance.

(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

Anagrams

• ELT, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., elt, tel

Source: Wiktionary

-let.Etym: [From two French dim. endings -el (L. -ellus) and -et, as in bracelet.]

Definition: A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, armlet.

Let, v. t. Etym: [OE.letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. læt slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.]

Definition: To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic] He was so strong that no man might him let. Chaucer. He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2. Thess. ii. 7. Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle. Tennyson.

Let, n.

1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats. Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. Latimer.

2. (Lawn Tennis)

Definition: A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Let (Letted, [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.] Etym: [OE. leten, læten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. lætan (past tense let, p. p. læten); akin to OFries. leta, OS. latan, D. laten, G. lessen, OHG. lazzan, Icel. lata, Sw. låta, Dan. lade, Goth. letan, and L. lassus weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. Alas, Late, Lassitude, Let to hinder.]

1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone or be.] He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let Chaucer. Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But to her mother Nature all her care she lets. Spenser. Let me alone in choosing of my wife. Chaucer.

2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought. [Obs.] This irous, cursed wretch Let this knight's son anon before him fetch. Chaucer. He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. Chaucer. Anon he let two coffers make. Gower.

4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.

Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go] loose. Pharaoh said, I will let you go Ex. viii. 28. If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. Shak.

5. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.

6. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.

Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See Gerund, 2. " Your elegant house in Harley Street is to let." Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let has a hortative force. " Rise up, let us go." Mark xiv. 42. " Let us seek out some desolate shade." Shak. To let alone, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.

– To let blood, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.

– To let down. (a) To lower. (b) To soften in tempering; as to let down tools, cutlery, and the like.

– To let drive or fly, to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.

– To let in or into. (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose. To let loose, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.

– To let off (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun. (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation. [Colloq.] To let out. (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job. (d) To divulge.

– To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] " Let the world slide." Shak.

Let, v. i.

1. To forbear. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Left, v. i. To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. [Low] -- To let up, to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

LET

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