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Let   /lɛt/   Listen
Let

verb
(past let; past part. let; pres. part. letting)
1.
Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.  Synonyms: allow, permit.  "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.
3.
Consent to, give permission.  Synonyms: allow, countenance, permit.  "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.  Synonyms: get, have.  "This let me in for a big surprise" , "He got a girl into trouble"
5.
Leave unchanged.
6.
Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.  Synonyms: lease, rent.
noun
1.
A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.  Synonyms: Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba.
2.
A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again.  Synonym: net ball.



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"Let" Quotes from Famous Books



... with him to endure hunger; thirst, cold, heat, and all the misfortunes which Heaven may send. . . . . . Our enemies spare neither their money nor their labor; will ye be colder and duller than your foes? Let, then, each church congregation set an example to the others. We read that King Saul, when he would liberate the men of Jabez from the hands of Nahad, the Ammonite, hewed a yoke of oxen in pieces, and sent them as tokens over all Israel, saying, 'Ye who ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... requests. It is full of instructions and earnest appeal. When all is done, he closes his letter. "I send you every document suggested. My heart is sore. I can no longer write. I will lead my regiment to-morrow in a desperate assault. If I give my life for my country, Hardin, let my blood seal this sacred bond between you and me. I leave you my motherless child. May God deal with you and yours as you shall deal with the beloved little one, whose face I shall ...
— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage
... never let myself get seedy," returned Perry, with his loud though pleasant laugh. "That's the ...
— The Wheel of Life • Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
... it is, all right," Jimmie said. "Who was it that let you in? That is what I want to know. An' who opened the door ...
— Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone - The Plot Against Uncle Sam • G. Harvey Ralphson
... be fired, an avalanche that would never fall. It was a nuisance, a stupidity, that kept Europe drilling and wasted enormous sums on unavoidable preparations; it hung up everything like a noisy argument in a drawing-room, but that human weakness and folly would ever let the mine actually explode he did not believe. He had been in France in 1911, he had seen how close things had come then to a conflict, and the fact that they had not come to a conflict had enormously strengthened his natural ...
— Mr. Britling Sees It Through • H. G. Wells


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