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Definition let

Etymology 1

From Middle English leten, læten, from Old English l?tan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-Germanic *l?tan? (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?d- (“to let, leave behind”). Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), North Frisian lete (“to let”), West Frisian litte (“to let”), Dutch laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Icelandic láta (“to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
2. (transitive) To leave.
3. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
4. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
5. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
6. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
7. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).

Noun

let (plural lets)

1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
2. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
3. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.

Noun

let (plural lets)

1. An obstacle or hindrance.
2. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

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