Verb: let (let,letting) let
- Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
"The guard let them enter the building";
- allow, permit
- Actively cause something to happen
"I let it be known that I was not interested"
- Give permission or consent for something to happen
"I won't let the police search her basement";
- permit, allow, countenance
- Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"This let me in for a big surprise";
- get, have
- Leave unchanged
"let it be"
- Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
"I am letting my country estate to some foreigners";
- lease, rent
- Assume or suppose that
"let X be an integer greater than 1"
- A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
"The let gave the server a second chance at his first serve";
- net ball
- [Brit] The period when something is rented
"The apartment was available for a six-month let"
- A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
"LET has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus";
- Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous
Derived forms: let, lets, letting
Type of: accept, cause, consent, create, foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, get, give, go for, have, induce, leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone, make, never mind, serve, service, stimulate, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization
Encyclopedia: Let, West Virginia
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