Dictionary Entry
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.
- 2transitive verb
To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
- 3noun
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
- 4noun
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
- 5past tense & past participle
of Let
- 6transitive verb
To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
- 7transitive verb
To consider; to think; to esteem.
- 8transitive 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.
- 9transitive verb
To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
- 10transitive 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.
- 11transitive 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.
- 12intransitive verb
To forbear.
- 13intransitive verb
To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
- 14noun
a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
- 15noun
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"
- 16verb
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"
- 17verb
leave unchanged
"let it be"
- 18verb
actively cause something to happen
"I let it be known that I was not interested"
- 19verb
consent to, give permission
"She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"
"I won't let the police search her basement"
Synonyms
- 20verb
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
"I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
- 21verb
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"
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