let

let is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
2. transitive verb. To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
3. noun. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
4. noun. A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
5. past tense & past participle. of Let
6. transitive verb. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
7. transitive verb. To consider; to think; to esteem.
8. transitive verb. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
9. transitive verb. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
10. transitive verb. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
11. transitive verb. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
12. intransitive verb. To forbear.
13. intransitive verb. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
14. noun. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
15. noun. a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

    "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"

16. verb. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

    "He got his squad on the ball"

    "This let me in for a big surprise"

    Synonyms: get, have

17. verb. leave unchanged

    "let it be"

18. verb. actively cause something to happen

    "I let it be known that I was not interested"

19. verb. consent to, give permission

    "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"

    "I won't let the police search her basement"

    Synonyms: allow, countenance, permit

20. verb. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

    "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

    Synonyms: lease, rent

21. verb. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

    "This permits the water to rush in"

    "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"

    Synonyms: allow, permit

Synonyms

get, have, allow, countenance, permit, lease, rent

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in let:

elt, tel

Common word forms

lets, letted, letter, letting

Words from these letters

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