Let

Definition: Let

Let

Noun

1. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again.

Verb

1. 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".

2. Actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested".

3. 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".

4. 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".

5. Leave unchanged; "let it be".

6. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "let" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Literature

Tips from 1870

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LET

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Synonyms: Let

Hindrance

Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict.

Impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil.

Permission

Verb: permit; give permission; Noun: give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to.

Crosswords: Let

Afrikaan (Latvian, Lett), Croatian (flight), Czech (flight, navigation, voyage), Danish (bright, easy, facile, light), Dutch (Latvian, Lett), French (let), Italian (Latvia), Macedonian (flight), Serbo-Croatian (flight, shot), Slovene (flight), Turkish (let).

You should have let me keep my old LaSalle (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones)

Don't let your brain interfere with your heart (I.Q.; writing credit: Andy Breckman and Michael Leeson.)

You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

We can't begin this way. Let me turn on the light (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Don't, don't let me be the last to know (Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know; performing artist: Britney Spears)

Hold me tight and don't let go (Don't Let Go (Love) Chorus; performing artist: En Vogue)

Let her cry. (Let Her Cry; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

I never let you go (Never Let You Go; performing artist: Third Eye Blind)

Let me serenade you, I will serenade you (Let Me Serenade You; performing artist: Three Dog Night)

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Before I judge my neighbor, let me walk a mile in his moccasins. (references; author: Sioux Proverb)

Butcher's window: Let me meat your needs. (references; author: unknown)

Let nature take its course, and hope it passes. (references; author: unknown)

Fear doesn't overwhelm you; you let fear overwhelm you. (references; author: unknown)

Let modrého vtáka (1974)

Live and Let Die (1973)

Let It Be (1970)

Don't Let the Angels Fall (1969)

Let Me Hear You Whisper (1969)

LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY  (performing artist: Friends Of Distinction )

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (performing artist: George Michael & Elton John)

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (performing artist: Gerry and the Pacemakers)

Let Me Blow Ya Mind (performing artist: Gwen Stefani)

Let Her Cry (performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

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Books

• Let Them Anoint the Sick (reference)

• Law and Disorder in Cyberspace: Abolish the Fcc and Let Common Law Rule the Telecosm (reference)

• Let Mercy Abound: Social Concern in the Greek Orthodox Church (reference)

• Let the Christmas Spirit Abound Year Round (reference)

• Let Us Gather: Prayer Services for Catholic Schools and Assemblies (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (reference)

• Cheers, Vol. 3 - Boys in the Bar / Let Me Count the Ways (reference)

• Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 70: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (reference)

• Monster Rancher - Let the Games Begin (Vol. 1) (reference)

• Live and Let Die (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Let It Flow (reference)

• Never Let Me Down (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Let S Ride Horse And Pony (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Leadline sounding operations Wind that sucker up and let her fly. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Looking through a cannon port towards the azure waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico. These openings also served as air conditioning and let the sea breeze through. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Conductivity-Temperature-Depth measuring instrument being let down to the water surface. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Let sleeping dogs lie unless the car starts to back up. Apparently there was no leash law at Puntarenas as dogs seemed to roam about the town at will. Credit: Small World.

Warning signes are posted to let visitors know of dangers in the surrounding areas in the Iornwood Forest National Monument. Credit: Chris Tincher.

What kind of a prescription is this? : You don't need a pill for every ill- let the Doctor decide. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Doctor Doctor- have you got anything for smallpots? : You don't need a pill for every ill- let the Doctor decide. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Crewmen slip anchor stoppers in preparation for anchoring. On the order "let go", the anchor detail will knock out the single remaining stopper with a sledge hammer, starting the anchor on its way. Pittsburgh is at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, during her initial post-reactivation trials, circa September 1951. She was recommissioned on 25 September. Credit: NAVY.

Let us have pease, ha, ha. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jackson ticket. "Firm united let us be, rallying round our Hickory tree". Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)

But to let this of names pass. (Second Treatise of Government)

To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. (reference)

Let us now take wage-labour. (reference)

We surely must not let that happen again. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

But let us begin. (reference)

From every mountainside, let freedom ring. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1898)

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Let me return your congratulations

Now let us return to BALBUS

It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being all let out as offices

Arthur had adopted his normal crisis role, which was to stand with his mouth hanging open and let it all wash over him.

I shuddered, and involuntarily let it fall upon the floor

In the meantime let us study the things which are no more

Let no worldly shame hold you back

This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect

So I am, to let him live

The preacher let his arms and hands float on the surface

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Health

Let them dry overnight. (references)

Let the area air dry after washing. (references)

Never let them roam freely where wildlife may be present. (references)

Business

The US is big with long driving distances and Europe, let alone Italy, is much smaller. (references)

Where workers are hired by short-term contracts or agreements, it is generally relatively easy to let them go at the end of the contract period. (references)

Both Fischer and Cedok have packages that let children travel free if an adult pays for the room, or offer the room free with the purchase of an air ticket. (references)

Children

Afghanistan

Physicians for Human Rights reported that children at times were denied medical care when the authorities did not let male doctors visit children's wards, which in some instances are located within the women's ward of a hospital, or did not allow male doctors to treat children accompanied only by their mothers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

The militia would not let him enter despite his valid press credentials. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The police released the journalist; however, they kept his press card and refused to let him near the house of a political personality he wanted to interview. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

Further packages for the expansion of transmission lines will be let. (references)

Egypt

These activities let to the findings of about 18 crude oil fields and 16 natural gas fields. (references)

Colombia

It engaged in a series of controlled devaluations of the peso, followed by a decision to let it float. (references)

Human Rights

India

In November four soldiers were killed and five were injured when LET terrorists attacked an army camp in Anantnag District, Jammu and Kashmir. (references)

Ghana

At a subsequent graduation ceremony for new soldiers, an army official warned the soldiers not to let themselves be hired to resolve personal disputes. (references)

Afghanistan

The U.N. warned the Taliban that it was violating international norms by refusing to let the detained foreign aid workers consult with representatives of their governments or lawyers. (references)

Political Economy

Sierra Leone

While more than 2,600 abducted children were released by the RUF, most of those let go were male. (references)

India

In December a total of 22 persons were killed and 45 persons were wounded in Jammu and Kashmir, including 3 members of the LET and 3 Indian troops who were killed in a firefight. (references)

POLAND

The decision was in line with government plans to let the zloty find its equilibrium level before applying for participation in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and then the European Monetary Union. (references)

Trade

Azerbaijan

The existing credit supply is far too small to provide a suitable environment for the development of even small enterprises in Azerbaijan, let alone medium-sized ones. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

Let your new Czech friends introduce you to their friends, and soon you will have a good business network. (references)

Italy

During the first stages of conducting business, it is best to let the prospective buyer take the lead since the American approach of +ACI-getting down to business+ACI- may be considered abrupt. (references)

Worker Rights

Malaysia

However, few workers are covered by minimum wages set by wage councils, and the Government prefers to let market forces determine wage rates. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let Baal defend his cause

Let the idol of confusion defend itself

Let the Lord deliver

Expressions using "let": be let out ♦ cross let ♦ don't let me trouble you ♦ he let himself go ♦ house to let ♦ let a chance go by ♦ let age ♦ let alone ♦ let alone smb. ♦ let alone! ♦ let an opportunity slip ♦ let away ♦ let be ♦ let blood ♦ let by ♦ let bygones be bygones ♦ let daylight into ♦ let daylight into smth. ♦ let down ♦ let drive ♦ let drop ♦ let escape ♦ let every tub stand on its bottom ♦ let fall ♦ let fall a perpendicular ♦ let feel ♦ let floating ♦ let flow ♦ let fly ♦ let fly at smb. ♦ let go ♦ let go (moorings) ♦ let go anchor ♦ let go behind ♦ let go of ♦ let go one's hold of ♦ let hals factors ♦ let have ♦ let her rip! ♦ let her! ♦ let him do his worst ♦ let him do the talking ♦ let him go ♦ let him go hang! ♦ let him go to hell! ♦ let him go! ♦ let him in! ♦ let him look to himself! ♦ let him rest! ♦ let him rot! ♦ let him stew in his own juice ♦ let him! ♦ let in ♦ let in on ♦ let in the clutch ♦ let into ♦ let it all hang out ♦ let it be so ♦ let it be so! ♦ let it be! ♦ let it go ♦ let it go at that ♦ let it pass ♦ let it pass! ♦ let it ride ♦ let it slip that ♦ let it suffice! ♦ let know ♦ let loose ♦ let me alone ♦ let me alone! ♦ let me be ♦ let me be! ♦ let me catch you at it again! ♦ let me contribute my mite ♦ let me go! ♦ let me have my own ♦ let me in! ♦ let me know ♦ let me know if i can be of service ♦ let me know if i can help ♦ let me never set eyes on you again! ♦ let me pass! ♦ let me see ♦ let me see it! ♦ let me see! ♦ let me think ♦ let me try! ♦ let off ♦ let off one's chest ♦ let off steam ♦ let off the lead ♦ let on ♦ let on about smth. ♦ let one down easily ♦ let one into a secret ♦ let one's hair down ♦ let oneself ♦ let oneself down ♦ let oneself go ♦ let oneself in. Additional references.

Beginning with "let": Let-alone, let-down, let-downs, let-me-through, Let-off, let-offs, let-out, Let-up.

Ending with "let": sub-let.

Containing "let": live-and-let-live.

Afrikaans

laat (allow, late, leave, release, tardy). (various references)

Albanian

lejoj (admit, allow, authorise, authorize, license, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate), le të, lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter), lë të dal, lë (allow, break off, chuck, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, leave, let by, Miss, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, quit, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, vacate, yield), të dhënët me qira, pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), jap me qira (demise, hire, lease, let out, Lodge, rent, underlet). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ودع (check, commend, commit, consign, entrust, keep, keeping, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, send off, store), ‏سمح له بالذهاب, ‏سمح (allow, allowed, authorise, authorize, go ahead, permit, pliable, see, suffer, warrant), ‏ضربة معادة في التنس, ‏أجر (charter, farm out, hire, lodge, rent, room), ‏بيت مؤجر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разрешавам (allow, authorise, authorize, determine, knit up, licence, license, pass, permit, provide for, resolve, sanction, suffer), хайде да, оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave, leave behind, put, put down, quit, repudiate, resign, vacate), оставам (abide, continue, endure, persist, remain, remain behind, stay, stay behind, stick, void), нека да, нека, пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), пречка (bit, block, blockage, check, clog, cross, difficulty, disadvantage, disqualification, embarrassment, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, kibosh, liability, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, remora, rub, setback, spoke, stay, stop, stumbling-stone, traverse), позволявам (admit, allow, authorise, authorize, enable, have, licence, license, permit, see, suffer), давам под наем (freight, hack, hire, job, lease, rent), да (and, as to, ay, aye, exactly, if, shall, that, to, yea, yep, yes, yup). (various references)

Catalan

llogar. (various references)

Chinese 

聽 (allow, hear, listen, obey), 让 (Let-off, letting, Let-up). (various references)

Czech

pronajmout (hire out, rent, rent out), přerušení (adjournment, breach, break, cessation, discontinuation, disruption, intermission, interruption, let up, recess, stop, stoppage, suspense), přepustit (concede), nechat (knock off, quit, throw over), dovolit (allow, consent, leave, permit, tolerate). (various references)

Danish

udleje (rent out), løslade (allow, leave, release). (various references)

Dutch

laten (allow, cause, fail, get, leave, make, neglect, omit, release), laten schieten (allow, leave, release), laten begaan (allow, leave, release). (various references)

Esperanto

luigi (rent out), ludoni, lasi (allow, leave, release). (various references)

Faeroese

lata (allow, cause, dedicate, deliver, devote, entrust, furnish, get, leave, make, release, supply, tell), sleppa undan (allow, leave, release), sleppa (allow, drop, escape, flee, leave, overthrow, release). (various references)

Farsi 

مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), گذاشتن (Attach, Cut, Deposit, Have, Infiltrate, Leave, Lodge, Place, Shunt, Stead), ول کردن (Lax, Leave, Quit, Relinquish, Unbridle, Unhand, Unloose), انسداد (Bloc, Block, Blockade, Blockage, Choke, Obstruction, Occlusion, Padlock, Stockade), اجازه دادن (Allow, Authorize, Permit), اجاره رفتن , اجاره دهی , اجاره دادن (Lease, Rent), رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling), درنگ کردن (Linger, Tarry). (various references)

Finnish

laskea (account, calculate, compute, count, decrease, discharge, drop, empty, estimate, fall, figure, go down, include, lay, let down, let go, lower, reckon, set, work out), vuokrata (hire, rent), sallia (accord, admit, afford, allow, give permission, permit), jättää (allow, deliver, give up, hand in, hand over, leave, leave . . to somebody, present, quit, release, retire from), antaa vuokralle, antaa (accord, afford, allow, convey, give, hand pass on, issue, jättää pantiksi, leave as a pledge, lodge as a security, make out, pledge, present, render, to give, yield). (various references)

Flemish

laten. (various references)

French

laisser (leave, let go, to leave). (various references)

Frisian

ferhiere (rent out). (various references)

German

lassen (allow, get, leave, leave alone, leave in, let be, let go, lets, make, permit, release, stop, to assume, to let), vermieten (hire, hire out, lease, let out, letting, rent, rent out). (various references)

Greek 

αφήνω (abandon, allow, forsake, leave, let go of, quit, relinquish, snap out of). (various references)

Hebrew 

מושכר (rented), לתת (allow, establish, give, grant, hand over, make, malt, permit, render), לאפשר (enable, facilitate, give, make possible), להותיר (allow, leave, permit), להשכיר (hire, rent), להחכיר (lease), להרשות (admit, allow, consent, permit, sanction), לנטוש (abandon, brandish, cast aside, desert, forsake, lay aside, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce). (various references)

Hungarian

bérbeadás (lease), semmis ütés, hagy (allow, leave, left, to allow of, to leave, to let, to pass in), bérlet (lease, rental, season ticket, tenement), akadály (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, check, cumber, difficulty, drag, drawback, handicap, hang fire, hindrance, hitch, hobble, hurdle, impediment, leap, lion in the path, lion in the way, malfunction, objection, obstacle, obstruction, retardation, ring fence, snag, stumbling block, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, throw back, trammel, traverse). (various references)

Icelandic

leigja (hire, rent out), látið. (various references)

Indonesian

mengantep (be faithful to, believe in, trust), membolehkan (permit), membiarkan (connive, forgo), memberi (afford, impart, offer, put on, vest), biar (permit, so that). (various references)

Irish

lig (allow; release). (various references)

Italian

affittare (hire, lease, rent, rent out), lasciare (abandon, allow, desertion, evacuate, forsake, keep, leave, leave behind, leaving, lets, loose, quit, release, relinquish, resign, slack, to assume). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

落す (to drop, to let fall, to lose), 通す (to continue, to keep, to let pass, to make way, to overlook), 冷ます (to cool, to dampen, to let cool, to throw a), 呉れる (to be given, to do for one, to give, to let one have). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

みすごす (to let go by, to let pass, to miss, to overlook), ええと (er...., let me see, well), いれる (to admit, to bring in, to cast, to commit, to comprehend, to employ, to include, to insert, to introduce, to let in, to listen to, to pay, to put in, to put into, to set, to take in, to tolerate, to usher in), こうきをのがす (to let an opportunity slip), こころをよせる (to let one's heart go out to, to take to), こえをたてる (to let out a cry, to shout), あそばす (to do, to leave idle, to let one play), ゆるす (to allow, to approve, to confide in, to excuse, to exempt, to forgive, to let off, to pardon, to permit, to release), やぶをつついてへびをだす (let sleeping dogs lie), やりすごす (to do too much, to let somethinggo past), いなす (to chase away, to let go), もらす (to let leak, to reveal), かみをたらす (to let one's hair hang down), みおくる (to escort, to farewell, to let a pitch go by, to let pass, to see off, to wait and see, to watch a batted ball go into the stands), みかねる (to be unable to be indifferent, to be unable to let pass unnoticed), へんじょう (give up, let loose, relinquish, serve up), はなしろむ (to feel ashamed, to feel let down), とおす (to continue, to keep, to let pass, to make way for, to overlook, to persist in), とりおとす (to drop, to let fall, to omit), とりにがす (to fail to catch, to let slip, to miss), とりはなす (to let go, to release), とらをやにはなつ (to let loose a tiger in the field), ちかづける (to associate with, to bring near, to let come near, to put close), やちんをためる (to let the rent fall into arrears), まかりとおる (to get away with, to go by, to let pass), おおめにみる (to condone, to let pass, to overlook, to tolerate), おがませる (to allow to worship, to let a person have a look), おとす (to drop, to let fall, to lose), がっかり (be dejected, feel disappointed, feel emotionally drained, feel let down, lose heart), きがぬける (to be let down, to become stale, to go flat, to lose flavor), きりはなす (to cut in two, to cut loose, to cut off, to decapitate, to detach, to dismember, to let loose), きりはなつ (to cut in two, to cut loose, to cut off, to detach, to dismember, to let loose), くれる (to be given, to close, to come to an end, to do for one, to end, to get dark, to give, to let one have, to run out), きをゆるす (to let one's guard down), いいもらす (to forget to mention, to leave unspoken, to let slip a secret), ひゃっかそうめい (Let a hundred schools of thought contend), すべらす (to glide, to let slip, to let something slip, to slide), さしおく (to disregard, to leave as is, to let alone), さます (to awaken, to cool, to dampen, to let cool, to spoil, to throw a damper on), ぶっとばす (to beat, to drive at full speed, to knock, to let go off, to not partake, to strike), のがす (to let escape, to let loose, to set free), どれ (let me see, now, well, which), ほうる (to let go), ほったらかす (to let aside, to neglect), にがす (to let escape, to let loose, to set free), かしま (room to let), からす (crow, raven, to dry up, to exhaust, to killto season, to let dry), くだす (to let go down, to lower). (various references)

Korean 

시키십시요 (Prescribe), 시키는 (Prescribed). (various references)

Luganda

ka (let me). (various references)

Manx

soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), lhiggey (act, act pretend, allow, broach, delay, discharge, fire, firing, go off, heave, ignore, let down, let off, letting, level, loose, permission, permit, pierce, remission, shoot, shoot up, shooting, slip, suffer, water pipe), lhiettalys (check, clogging, constriction, counteraction, discouragement, embargo, hindrance, hitch, impedance, inhibition, interception, obstruction, prevention, restraint, restriction, stay, stoppage). (various references)

Norwegian

la. (various references)

Papiamen

laga (allow, leave, release), hür (hire, rent, rent out, rental). (various references)

Pig Latin

etlay.(various references)

Polish

zostawić (allow, leave, release), puścić (allow, leave, release). (various references)

Portuguese

permitir (accept, admit, afford, allow, brook, deign, grant, have, leave, licence, license, permit, receive, release, see, tolerate), deixar (allow, depart, drop off, forsake, get away, go, go away, go out, have, leave, leave behind, leave out, let go, move out, quit, release, see, step out, take one's leave, throw over, to avoid, to leave, unhand), alugar (attorn, hack, hire, rent, take). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

deixe-me (leave me, let me), deixar-me (to let me). (various references)

Romanian

låsa (allow, leave, release), lãsa (abandon, alight, allow, break, cast off, cease, create, diminish, discontinue, drop, fail, forsake, free, leave, leave behind, put away, quit, relinquish, renounce, secure, settle, sink, sprout, stop, suffer, weaken), slãbi (abate, attenuate, Bate, crock, debilitate, depauperate, diminish, drain, droop, dull, ease, emaciate, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, fade, fail, flag, go down, grow weak, impair, languish, loosen, lose flesh, lose weight, macerate, mine, peak and pine, pinch, pull down, reduce, relax, sap, sink, slack, slacken, slenderize, slim, soften, subdue, subside, take the edge off, thin, undermine, weaken), se închiria, pune în situaţia de a, permite (accord, admit, afford, allow, authorise, authorize, empower, enable, grant, indulge in, license, permit, permit of), fi de închiriat, face (achieve, act, anoint, appoint, be, be up to smth., bear, build, carry out, commit, compose, conclude, cook, cost, create, cut, dispense, do, does, draw, drive, effect, form, give, give forth, grow, happen, have, hold, induce, it does, keep, lead, leave, make, move, perform, perpetrate, persuade, prepare, produce, prompt, render, say, scoop in, strike, work, write, yield), da voie (allow, leave, permit, release), îngãdui (allow, grant, indulge in, permit, tolerate). (various references)

Russian 

пускать (allow, leave, release, start). (various references)

Scottish

leig (accord, admit, afford, allow, let go, let Irish léigim, let out, permit), suidhichte (appointed, arranged, planted, set). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pustiti (admit, allow, let go, let in, let loose, let out, permit, release, run), ponovna lopta, ostaviti (abandon, cast off, leave, relinquish, walk out), iznajmljivanje (charter, lease, leasing, rental), izdati (betray, bring out, give away, hand out, issue, lay out, pass off, publish, sell out), dozvoliti (allow, authorise, authorize, license, permit, warrant). (various references)

Slovene

dajmo (let us). (various references)

Somali

aynu (let us). (various references)

Spanish

dejar (abandon, allow, bring in, drop, exit, finish, forget, forsake, give up, leave, leave alone, leave behind, leave off, leave out, lend, lets, make, outdistance, outstrip, produce, put, put down, quit, release, slip, stop, to assume, wait, yield), alquilar (engage, hire, hire out, let off, let out, rent, rent out, take). (various references)

Swahili

kuacha (allow, leave, release). (various references)

Swedish

låta (allow, cause, go, leave, make, permit, sound), hyra ut (hack, lease, let off, let out, rent). (various references)

Thai

ให้เช่า (hire out), เป็นเหตุให้ (occasion), อนุญาต (licence, license), ปล่อยให้ผ่านไป (let by). (various references)

Turkish

let, kiraya verilmiş mülk, bırak yapsın, bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), -dürmek, -dirmek, engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), ihale etmek (adjudicate, award, delegate, let out, transfer), bırak olsun, kiraya verilmek (rent), vermek (accord, adduce, adjudge, administer, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, bring, bring in, cede, charter, come across with, confer, contribute, dedicate, deliver, deliver up, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow, extend, furnish, give, give away, give in, grant, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, impart, inflict, inoculate, insert, instate, lend, let out, offer, pass, pass in, place, present, produce, put up, reach, render, serve, tender, throw, yield), kiraya verme (leasing), kiraya vermek (farm, farm out, hire out, job, lease out, let out, let out on hire, rent), meydan vermek (admit, admit of, allow of, cause), ses çıkarmamak (let smth. pass unchallenged), teniste yeniden servis atma nedeni, izin vermek (allow, authorise, authorize, consent, empower, enable, excuse, give smb. notice, give smb. the green light, indulge, licence, license, permit, permit of, sanction, suffer, warrant). (various references)

Turkmen 

sypdyrmak (let escape, let go, miss), myssarmak (let down, lower, wilt), hekgermek (be provoked, be vexed, let in), goяbermek (let go), girizmek (bring in, let in), gaзyrmak (drop, let fall, let loose). (various references)

Ukrainian

здача внайми, здаватися в оренду, пускати (send forth), дозволяти (admit, admit of, allow, assent, authorize, bear, certify, consent, empower, licence, license, permit, tolerate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cản trở (baffle, check, countercherk, delay, encumbrance, hardihood, holdback, incumbrance). (various references)

Welsh

gosod (affix, allot, appoint, artificial, assign, attach, false, place, put, set), gadael (abandon, absent onself, accord, admit, afford, allow, depart, go away, leave, permit). (various references)

Wolof

na (he, how, it). (various references)

Yucatec

mahantik (rent out). (various references)

ablocare, permissi, permitto, permitto permissi permissum, permitto, permissi, permissum, proba, probabat, probabis, probabitur, probabo, probabuntur, probans, probant, probantes, probare, probarentur, probaret, probas, probassem, probasset, probasti, probat, probata, probatam, probate, probati, probatissimi, probatissimum, probato, probator, probatum, probatur, probatus, probaveritis, probaverunt, probavi, probavimus, probavit, probemus, probent, probentur, probes, probet, probetis, probetur, quin, sino. (various references)

lettan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "let": letch, letched, letches, letching, letdown, letdowns, lethal, lethalities, lethality, lethally, lethals, lethargic, lethargically, lethargies, lethargy, lethe, lethean, lethes, lets, letted, letter, letterbomb, letterbombs, letterboxed, letterboxing, letterboxings, lettered, letterer, letterers, letterform, letterforms, letterhead, letterheads, lettering, letterings, letterman, lettermen, letterpress, letterpresses, letters, letterspace, letterspaces, letterspacing, letterspacings, letting, lettuce, lettuces, letup, letups. (additional references)

Words ending with "let": aglet, aiglet, amulet, anklet, annulet, armlet, auklet, ballet, billet, blet, booklet, boomlet, bracelet, bractlet, branchlet, brooklet, bulblet, bullet, cablet, cabriolet, callet, camlet, capelet, caplet, cassoulet, chalet, chaplet, chevalet, circlet, cloudlet, collet, corselet, corslet, couplet, coverlet, craterlet, crosslet, culet, cullet, cutlet, doublet, dribblet, driblet, droplet, drupelet, eaglet, epaulet, eyelet, filet, fillet, flageolet. (additional references)

Words containing "let": aglets, aiglets, aiguillette, aiguillettes, allethrin, allethrins, amulets, andouillette, andouillettes, anklets, annulets, armlets, athlete, athletes, athletic, athletically, athleticism, athleticisms, athletics, auklets, axletree, axletrees, balletic, balletomane, balletomanes, balletomania, balletomanias, ballets, belletrist, belletristic, belletrists, biathlete, biathletes, billeted, billeter, billeters, billeting, billets, blether, blethered, blethering, blethers, blets, bloodletting, bloodlettings, bolete, boletes, boleti, boletus, boletuses, booklets. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Let" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clett, eleet, elet, elt, elth, ett, iet, ilet, Kleth, laet, laeti, lakt, lart, latr, latt, laut, lautt, lawt, laxt, layt, lct, Leatg, leb, lect, leet, leety, lef, leh, lehti, leit, lek, lel, leot, lept, leq, lert, Leta, leth, leti, Leto, letty, lety, letz, leu, leut, lev, lewt, lezt, lhe, lher, liet, lieta, lieto, liq, liti, litr, litt, litu, litz, lle, Lleshi, loetz, lote, lotl, lotr, lst, lt, lte, Ltee, lty, luet, lut, luto, luty, lyeth, lyt, Mljet, oett, olet, Oleta, plett, uet, Ult, Ulyett. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tel.

-1 letter: el, et.

+1 letter: belt, blet, celt, delt, felt, gelt, late, leet, left, lent, lept, lest, lets, lite, lute, melt, pelt, tael, tale, teal, teel, tela, tele, tell, tels, tile, tole, tule, welt.

+2 letters: aglet, alate, alert, alter, artel, belts, betel, blate, bleat, blent, blest, blets, blite, bluet, botel, butle, celts, cleat, cleft, clept, culet, dealt, delft, delta, delts, dwelt, eclat, elate, elect, elint, elite, elute, ethyl, exalt, extol, exult, felts, fetal, filet, fleet, flite, flute, flyte, gelts, gleet, helot, hotel, inlet, islet, istle, ixtle, ketol, knelt, lated, laten, later, latex, lathe, latke, latte, leant, leapt, least, leets, lefts, lefty, legit, lento, lepta, letch, lethe, letup, liter, lithe, litre, lotte, lunet, lutea, luted, lutes, melts, metal, motel, owlet, palet, pelts, petal, plate, pleat, ratel, relet, relit, setal, slate, sleet, slept, smelt, spelt, stale, steal, steel, stela, stele, stile, stole, style, table, taels, taler, tales, teals, teels, telae, teles, telex, telia, telic, tells, telly, teloi, telos, tepal, tesla, thole, tilde, tiled, tiler, tiles, title, toile, toled, toles, towel, tules, tulle, unlet, utile, valet, veldt, volte, welts, wetly, zlote.