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Verb: let (let,letting)  let
  1. Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
    "The guard let them enter the building";
    - allow, permit
     
  2. Actively cause something to happen
    "I let it be known that I was not interested"
     
  3. Give permission or consent for something to happen
    "I won't let the police search her basement";
    - permit, allow, countenance
     
  4. Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
    "This let me in for a big surprise";
    - get, have
     
  5. Leave unchanged
    "let it be"
     
  6. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
    "I am letting my country estate to some foreigners";
    - lease, rent
     
  7. Assume or suppose that
    "let X be an integer greater than 1"
Noun: let  let
  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
     
  2. [Brit] The period when something is rented
    "The apartment was available for a six-month let"
Noun: LET
  1. 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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