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let us

let us is the formal form of let's.

Meaning of let's

Verb

let’s

  1. Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
    • Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
  2. Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
    • Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.

Verb

let us (third-person singular simple present lets us, present participle letting us, simple past and past participle let us)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us.

Forms of let us

third-person singular presentlets us
present participleletting us
past participlelet us
pastlet us

Words formed from let us

Questions about let us

What does let us mean?
Let us means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us.
What is let us the formal form of?
Let us is the formal form of let's.
What part of speech is let us?
Let us is a verb.
What is the past tense of let us?
The past tense of let us is let us.

Words near let us in the dictionary

  1. let things alone
  2. let things be
  3. let this cup pass from me
  4. let through
  5. let up
  6. let us
  7. let us count the ways
  8. let us go
  9. let us see
  10. let well alone
  11. let well enough alone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: let us (page history and authors); let's (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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