ALL meanings of let
let
L l - noun let (in racket sports) A play that is nullified and has to be played again, esp. a when a served ball touches the top of the net. 1
- noun let Let us is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Let us consider all the facts before deciding. The contracted form let's occurs mostly in informal speech and writing: Let's go. Let's not think about that right now. Perhaps because let's has come to be felt as a word in its own right rather than as the contraction of let us, it is often followed in informal speech and writing by redundant or appositional pronouns: Let's us plan a picnic. Let's you and I (or me) get together tomorrow. Both Let's you and me and Let's you and I occur in the relaxed speech of educated speakers. The former conforms to the traditional rules of grammar; the latter, nonetheless, occurs more frequently. See also leave1. 1
- transitive verb let allow 1
- transitive verb let allow to pass 1
- noun let tennis serve 1
- transitive verb let lease, rent 1
- verb with object let Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct. 1
- verb without object let to admit of being rented or leased: The apartment lets for $100 per week. 1
- noun let (in tennis, badminton, etc.) any play that is voided and must be replayed, especially a service that hits the net and drops into the proper part of the opponent's court. 1
- noun let Chiefly Law. an impediment or obstacle: to act without let or hindrance. 1
- idioms let let alone. alone (def 8). 1
- idioms let let be, to refrain from interference. to refrain from interfering with. 1
- idioms let let go. go1 (def 93). 1
- idioms let let someone have it, Informal. to attack or assault, as by striking, shooting, or rebuking: The gunman threatened to let the teller have it if he didn't move fast. 1
- noun let The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent. 0
- noun let An obstacle or hindrance. 0
- noun let (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally. 0
- verb let (Transitive Verb) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). 0
- verb let To leave. 0
- verb let (Transitive Verb) To allow the release of (a fluid). 0
- verb let (Transitive Verb) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent. 0
- verb let (Transitive Verb) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out. 0
- verb let (Transitive Verb) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person. 0
- verb let (obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive). 0
- verb let (archaic) To hinder, prevent; to obstruct (someone or something). 0
- verb let (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To prevent or obstruct to do something, or that something happen. 0
- verb let If you let something happen, you allow it to happen without doing anything to stop or prevent it. 0
- verb let If you let someone do something, you give them your permission to do it. 0
- verb let If you let someone into, out of, or through a place, you allow them to enter, leave, or go through it, for example by opening a door or making room for them. 0
- verb let You use let me when you are introducing something you want to say. 0
- verb let You use let me when you are offering politely to do something. 0
- verb let You say let's or, in more formal English, let us, to direct the attention of the people you are talking to towards the subject that you want to consider next. 0
- verb let You say let's or, in formal English, let us, when you are making a suggestion that involves both you and the person you are talking to, or when you are agreeing to a suggestion of this kind. 0
- verb let Someone in authority, such as a teacher, can use let's or, in more formal English, let us, in order to give a polite instruction to another person or group of people. 0
- verb let People often use let in expressions such as let me see or let me think when they are hesitating or thinking of what to say next. 0
- verb let You can use let to say that you do not care if someone does something, although you think it is unpleasant or wrong. 0
- verb let You can use let when you are saying what you think someone should do, usually when they are behaving in a way that you think is unreasonable or wrong. 0
- verb let You can use let when you are praying or hoping very much that something will happen. 0
- verb let You can use let to introduce an assumption on which you are going to base a theory, calculation, or story. 0
- verb let If you let your house or land to someone, you allow them to use it in exchange for money that they pay you regularly. 0
- verb let Let out means the same as let. 0
- countable noun let In tennis or badminton, if you serve a let, the ball or shuttlecock touches the net but lands in the correct part of the court. You then serve again. 0
- verb let to permit; allow 0
- verb let used as an auxiliary to express a request, proposal, or command, or to convey a warning or threat 0
- verb let (in mathematical or philosophical discourse) used as an auxiliary to express an assumption or hypothesis 0
- verb let used as an auxiliary to express resigned acceptance of the inevitable 0
- verb let to allow the occupation of (accommodation) in return for rent 0
- verb let to assign (a contract for work) 0
- verb let to allow or cause the movement of (something) in a specified direction 0
- verb let to utter 0