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letting-in

letting-in noun: the act or an instance of permitting or allowing something to enter.

Noun

letting-in (plural letting-ins)

  1. The act or an instance of permitting or allowing something to enter.
    • But this letting-in of the three-dimensional world exorcised the vision.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 462

Forms of letting-in

pluralletting-ins

Questions about letting-in

What does letting-in mean?
Letting-in means the act or an instance of permitting or allowing something to enter.
What part of speech is letting-in?
Letting-in is a noun.
What is the plural of letting-in?
The plural of letting-in is letting-ins.

Words near letting-in in the dictionary

  1. letting the grass grow round one's feet
  2. letting the grass grow under one's feet
  3. letting through
  4. letting up
  5. letting well enough alone
  6. letting-in
  7. letting-ins
  8. lettings
  9. Lettish
  10. Lettland
  11. Letto-

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