let

let meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Examples of let in a sentence

• Let me just give you the phone number.
• Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.
• "Let there be no doubt: I saw your boyfriend with another girl" "Let him, see if I care!".
• If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is[…]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies...
• He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan:
• Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

All 40 example sentences with let

Synonyms of let

• allow
• permit

Forms of let

Past tense of let: let

Plural of let: lets

Origin of let

Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.

Words formed from let

• holiday let
• bloodlet
• buy-to-let
• buy to let
• don't let the bedbugs bite
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• forlet
• if it's yellow let it mellow
• inlet
• let alone
• let a sleeping dog lie
• let a thousand flowers bloom
• let be
• let blood
• let bygones be bygones
• let crazy stick its dick in you
• let down
• let drive
• let fluffy off the chain
• let fly
• let George do it
• let go
• let her rip
• let he who is without sin cast the first stone
• let him that is without sin cast the first stone
• let him who is without sin cast the first stone
• let in
• let in on
• let into
• let it all hang out
• let it alone
• let it be
• let it be known
• let it snow
• let know
• let lie
• let loose
• let me count the ways
• let me see
• let me tell you
• let nature take her course
• let nature take its course
• let-off
• let off
• let off steam
• let on
• let one go
• let one loose
• let one off
• let one rip
• let one's fingers do the walking
• let one's guard down
• let one's hair down
• let one's nuts hang
• let one's short back and sides down
• let out
• let past
• let rip
• let's
• let sleeping dogs lie

Phrases with let

• let up
• let us
• to let
• let slip
• let along
• let slide
• let us go
• let us see
• buys to let
• let through
• bought to let
• buying to let

Words that rhyme with let

• set
• get
• rosette
• wet
• sweat
• overset
• beset
• biscuit
• lunette
• fret
• net
• jet

Questions about let

What does let mean?

Let means to allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

What is let in Hindi?

Let in Hindi is छोड़ देना (choṛ denā). See Let meaning in Hindi.

How do you use let in a sentence?

Let me just give you the phone number.

What part of speech is let?

Let can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce let?

Let is pronounced /lɛt/.

What is the past tense of let?

The past tense of let is let.