Dictionary Definition
LET
Noun
1 the most brutal terrorist group active in
Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic
rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of
civilian Hindus" [syn: Lashkar-e-Taiba,
Lashkar-e-Toiba,
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba,
Army of
the Pure, Army
of the Righteous]
2 a serve that strikes the net before falling
into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again [syn:
net
ball]
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" [syn: allow, permit] [ant: prevent]
2 actively cause something to happen; "I let it
be known that I was not interested"
3 consent to, 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" [syn: permit, allow, countenance] [ant: forbid, forbid]
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" [syn: get, have]
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" [syn:
lease, rent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /lEt/
- /lεt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
lætan, from *|lǣt-, from *|lēd-. Cognate with Dutch latan, German lassen, Swedish låta.Translations
to allow
- Bosnian: pustiti, dozvoliti
- Chinese: 让 (ràng)
- Croatian: pustiti, dozvoliti
- Danish: tillade,lade
- Dutch: laten, toestaan
- German: lassen
- Hungarian: pustiti, dozvoliti
- Ido: lasar
- Italian: permettere, lasciare
- Romanian: lăsa
- Serbian:
- Slovene: pustiti
- Spanish: permitir, dejar
- Vietnamese: trở (literally: to give), để
to put up for rent
Etymology 2
lettan, from *|lāto-. Cognate with Dutch letten.Noun
Translations
a hindrance
the hindrance
- German: Netzball
Bosnian
Noun
Declension
Croatian
Noun
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
letDanish
Adjective
letDutch
Serbian
Noun
Declension
Slovene
Noun
letExtensive Definition
Let may refer to:
- -let, an English diminutive suffix
- Let, a shot or point that must be replayed in certain racquet sports.
- Let, a name binding construct in computer programming languages.
- LET, part of a font name indicating the font is owned by Letraset. For example, Academy Engraved LET.
- Letting, a system of payment for the temporary use of something owned by someone else.
- Linear energy transfer, a physical measure of energy transfer.
- Let Kunovice (LET), the Czechoslovak and Czech aircraft manufacturer
- Let (Rave Master), a fictional character from the anime series Rave Master
let in German: Let (Begriffsklärung)
let in Dutch: Let
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK,
accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter,
be afraid, believe,
bleed, blockage, blocking, broach, certify, charter, chartered, check, clogging, closing up, closure, commission, concede, conceive, conclude, consent, consider, constriction, cramp, daresay, decant, deduce, deem, delay, detainment, detention, dispense, divine, draft, draft off, drain, draw, draw from, draw off, dream, employed, empty, endorse, exhaust, expect, fancy, farm, farm out, feel, fixation, foot-dragging,
gather, give leave, give
permission, give the go-ahead, give the word, grant, hampering, have, hindering, hindrance, hire, hire out, hired, hireling, hiring, holdback, holdup, imagine, impediment, infer, inhibition, interference, interruption, job, lease, lease out, lease-back,
lease-lend, leased,
leave, lend-lease, let be,
let blood, let off, let out, license, make possible, mercenary, milk, negativism, nuisance value,
obstruction,
obstructionism,
occlusion, okay, opine, opposition, paid, permit, phlebotomize, pipette, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally
accept, pump, pump out,
reckon, release, rent, rent out, rental, rented, repression, repute, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, sanction, say, say the word, setback, siphon off, squeeze, stranglehold, stricture, sublease, subleased, sublet, subrent, suck, suck out, suffer, suppose, suppression, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted,
take it, take to be, tap,
think, underlet, understand, venesect, vouchsafe