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Added 7 October 2026

let

/lɛt/ symbol

In Latin: sinō, patior, permittō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Lesing-Gelimi.

verb

To allow to, not to prevent .
After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
Let me be!
To allow the release of (a fluid).
The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.

noun

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

verb

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

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”).

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