2026

Let

//lɛt//

Definitions

verblets · letting · let · leet · letten · lettest · letteth · letted

1
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
2
To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
Let me be!
3
To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

nounlets · lettest · letteth

1
The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?” “O certainly a Good Let sir.”
2
An obstacle or hindrance.

Word Origin

Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), f...

Explore more words in the dictionaryWord of the Day

Translations

Select a language to see translations

Let