intransitive verb. To give permission or opportunity to; allow.

intransitive verb. To cause to; make.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. Used as an auxiliary in the imperative to express a command, request, or proposal.

intransitive verb. Used as an auxiliary in the imperative to express a warning or threat.

intransitive verb. To permit to enter, proceed, or depart.

intransitive verb. To release from or as if from confinement.

intransitive verb. To rent or lease.

intransitive verb. To award, especially after bids have been submitted.

intransitive verb. To become rented or leased.

intransitive verb. To be or become assigned, as to a contractor.

phrasal verb. To cause to come down gradually; lower.

phrasal verb. To withdraw support from; forsake.

phrasal verb. To fail to meet the expectations of; disappoint.

phrasal verb. To allow to be known; admit.

phrasal verb. To pretend.

phrasal verb. To come to a close; end.

phrasal verb. To make known; reveal.

phrasal verb. To increase the size of (a garment, for example).

phrasal verb. To slow down; diminish.

phrasal verb. To become less severe or intense.

idiom. (let alone) Not to mention; much less.

idiom. (let go) To cease to employ; dismiss.

idiom. (let off on) To cause to diminish, as in pressure; ease up on.

idiom. (let (one's) hair down) To drop one's reserve or inhibitions.

idiom. (let (someone) have it) To beat, strike, or shoot at someone.

idiom. (let (someone) have it) To scold or punish.

idiom. (let (someone) in on) To reveal (a secret) to someone.

idiom. (let (someone) in on) To allow someone to participate in (something).

idiom. (let up on) To be or become more lenient with.

noun. Something that hinders; an obstacle.

noun. An invalid stroke in tennis and other net games that requires a replay.

transitive verb. To hinder or obstruct.

To delay; retard; hinder; prevent; stop.

To delay; hesitate; waver; be slow.

To forbear; cease; leave off.

To be a hindrance; stand in the way.

noun. A letting for hire or rent.

noun. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay: now currently used only in the tautological phrase “without let or hindrance.”

In cricket, to miss a chance of catching (a hatsman) out.

noun. A diminutive suffix, as in bracelet, hamlet, rivulet, etc., and other words from or based upon the French.

noun. In lawn-tennis, hand-tennis, and other games played with a net, a service-ball which strikes the top of the net and then goes into the proper court; also, any unforeseen or accidental hindrance of a like nature which the umpire may on appeal so designate.

noun. Abbreviations of Lettish.

To permit or allow (to be or to do), either actively or passively; grant or afford liberty (to): followed by an infinitive without to: as, to let one do as he pleases; to let slip an opportunity.

Hence also much used as a kind of imperative auxiliary, with following infinitive, to form imperative first and third persons: as, let him be accursed (literally, allow him to be accursed); let them retire at once; let us pray; let me be listened to when I speak.

To furnish with leave or ability by direct action or agency; enable, cause, or make to do or to be: followed by an infinitive without to (except in the passive), or by a definitive adjective or adverb (with ellipsis of go, come, or get before the adverb): as, I will let you know my decision; let me understand your claim; to let a person in (come in or enter); to let a man out of prison.

To leave; allow to remain or abide; suffer to continue or proceed.

To leave the care or control of; commit or intrust; resign; relinquish; leave.

To leave or transfer the use of for a consideration; put to rent or hire; farm; lease: often with out: as, to let a house to a tenant; to let out boats or carriages for hire.

To cause: with an infinitive, without to, in a quasi-passive use (the original subject of the infinitive being omitted): as, to let make (cause to be made); to let call (cause to be called). It is sometimes joined with do, without change of meaning.

"You want to let the rich get richer..let them move their factories to Asia."

cause  let alone  let be  let her rip  let see  

to let drive  to let into  

cause  foreign terrorist organization  fto  get  have  

pass  

Annette  Antoinette  Bernadette  Bizet  Bret  

's  behind  burst  call  cut  

OK  accord  accredit  admit  allow  

letting  

lets  letting