let

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English leten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-Germanic *lētanan, from Proto-Indo-European *lēd-. Cognate with Dutch laten, German lassen, Swedish låta.

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let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or obsolete leet, past participle let or rarely letten)

  1. (transitive) To allow, not to prevent (+ infinitive, usually without to).
    After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
  2. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
    The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
  3. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
    I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.
  4. (transitive) Used to make a proposal, request or assumption.
    Let's put on a show!
    Let us have a moment of silence.
    Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.
  5. (obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
      Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne.
    • 1818, John Keats, "To—":
      Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand [...].
    Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?
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to allow
to put up for rent

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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

  1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent; to obstruct (someone or something).
  2. (obsolete) To prevent or obstruct to do something, or that something happen.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts VIII:
      And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?

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let (plural lets)

  1. A hindrance.
    ...without let or hindrance (on all commonwealth passports)
  2. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
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a hindrance
the hindrance

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[edit] Etymology 1

From letět.

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let m.

  1. flight (the act of flying)
[edit] Declension
    declension of let
singular plural
nominative let lety
genitive letu letů
dative letu letům
accusative let lety
vocative lete lety
locative letu letech
instrumental letem lety
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let

  1. Genitive plural of léto

[edit] Danish

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  • IPA: /lɛt/, [lɛd̥]

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let (neuter let, definite and plural lette, comparative lettere, superlative lettest)

  1. light
  2. easy
  3. slight
  4. mild

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let

  1. lightly
  2. easily
  3. slightly
  4. mildly

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let

  1. imperative of lette

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let

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of letten.
  2. imperative of letten.

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lēt

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄

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let

  1. Rafsi of gletu.

[edit] Norwegian Bokmål

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From Old Norse leita (“to search”), related to líta (“to see”)

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let

  1. Imperative form of lete (to search)

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From Old Norse litr (“colour”), related to líta (“to see”)

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let m.

  1. colour
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[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse litr (“colour”), related to líta (“to see”)

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let m.

  1. colour

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lȇt m. (Cyrillic spelling ле̑т)

  1. flight

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    declension of let
singular plural
nominative lȇt létovi
genitive leta lètōvā
dative letu letovima
accusative let letove
vocative lete letovi
locative letu letovima
instrumental letom letovima

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[edit] Slovene

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let m.

  1. flight

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let

  1. belt
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