let

Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.


let

let (nominative singular)
lety (nominative plural)
letu (genitive singular)
letů (genitive plural)
letu (dative singular)
letům (dative plural)
let (accusative singular)
lety (accusative plural)
lete (singular vocative)
lety (plural vocative)
letu (locative singular)
letech (locative plural)
letem (instrumental singular)
lety (instrumental plural)


let

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


let

head

let (plural and definite singular attributive lette)

lette (attributive definite singular)
lette (attributive plural)
let (positive)
lettere (comparative)
lettest (superlative)
lette (plural positive)
lettere (comparative plural)
lettest (plural superlative)
lette (positive)
letteste (superlative)

Derived from Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, cognate with Swedish lätt, English light and German leicht.


let

let c (singular definite letten, plural indefinite let)

letten (definite singular)
let (indefinite plural)
let (indefinite nominative singular)
letten (definite nominative singular)
let (indefinite nominative plural)
lettene (definite nominative plural)
lets (genitive indefinite singular)
lettens (definite genitive singular)
lets (genitive indefinite plural)
lettenes (definite genitive plural)


let

first/second/third-person singular present indicative


let

After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.

Pharaoh said, I will let you go.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:28:

If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is[…]

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.

1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan:

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

Let me be!

Yet neither spinnes nor cardes, ne cares nor frets, / But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:

(transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.

The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.

(transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).

I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.

Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.

1965, Roger Miller (lyrics and music), “King Of The Road”:

(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

to let the building of a bridge;  to let out the lathing and the plastering

(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.

Let's put on a show!

Let us have a moment of silence.

Let me just give you the phone number.

Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.

(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.

Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?

Soo within a whyle kynge Pellinore cam with a grete hoost / and salewed the peple and the kyng / and ther was grete ioye made on euery syde / Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne / And ther were founde but lytel past two honderd men slayne and viij knyȝtes of the table round in their pauelions

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IV, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV (in Middle English):

Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].

(transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).

en-verb

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

lets (present singular third-person)
letting (participle present)
let (past)
leet (obsolete past)
let (participle past)
letten (obsolete participle past)

lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)

letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)

don't let the door hit you on the way out

let he who is without sin cast the first stone

let him that is without sin cast the first stone

let him who is without sin cast the first stone

let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

let the perfect be the enemy of the good

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”).
Cognates
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”).


let

Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”
“O certainly a Good Let sir.”

1854, Charles Dickens, Christmas Stories, page 317:

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


let

He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Thessalonians 2:7:

Sir King, mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle; […]

1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 152:

(archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).

& there was syr Mordred redy awaytynge vpon his londage to lette his owne fader to lāde vp the lande that he was kyng ouer.
"And there was Sir Mordred ready awaiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king over."

1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421r:

And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts viij:

(obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.

And for that strake I would not let, / Another upon him soon I set, […]

1826, Early Metrical Tales; Including the History of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray-Steill, Edinburgh, The History of Sir Eger, Sir Grahame, And Sir Gray-Steel, page 7:

en-verb

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

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

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


let

[E]ver conſider vvhether our doings be to the let of our ſalvation or not.

1552 June 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, Augustine Bernher, compiler, “Sermon XXV. Preached on the Twenty First Sunday after Trinity.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume II, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 541:

And Cadmus saw his campanie make tarience in that sort / He marveld what should be their let, and went to seeke them out.

1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, lines 60–61:

Paulus Emilius going to the glorious expedition of Macedon, advertised the people of Rome during his absence not to speake of his actions: For the licence of judgements is an especiall let in great affaires.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

filet

hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis


let

Inherited from Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.


let

let thoil

(Munster) Contraction of le do (“with your sg”).


let

let (infinitive infinitive-i)
leten (infinitive infinitive-ii)
tö leten (infinitive infinitive-ii)
leten (participle past)
let (imperative)
let (first-person present singular)
let (first-person past singular)
letst (present second-person singular)
letst (past second-person singular)
let (present singular third-person)
let (past singular third-person)
let (present)
let (past)
haa leten (first-person perfect singular)
her leten (first-person pluperfect singular)
heest leten (perfect second-person singular)
herst leten (pluperfect second-person singular)
heer leten (perfect singular third-person)
her leten (pluperfect singular third-person)
haa leten (perfect)
her leten (pluperfect)
skel let (first-person future singular)
wel let (first-person future singular)
sket let (future second-person singular)
wet let (future second-person singular)
skel let (future singular third-person)
wel let (future singular third-person)
skel let (future)
wel let (future)

Inherited from Old Frisian lēta, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan.


let

leten (definite singular)
leter (indefinite plural)
letene (definite plural)

Derived from Old Norse litr (“colour”), related to líta (“to see”).


let

leten (definite singular)
leter (indefinite plural)
letar (indefinite plural)
letene (definite plural)
letane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse litr (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz. Related to Old Norse líta (“to see”).


let

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lǣtan


let

lȇt (canonical masculine)
ле̑т (Cyrillic)
lȇt (nominative singular)
létovi (nominative plural)
leta (genitive singular)
lètōvā (genitive plural)
letu (dative singular)
letovima (dative plural)
let (accusative singular)
letove (accusative plural)
lete (singular vocative)
letovi (plural vocative)
letu (locative singular)
letovima (locative plural)
letom (instrumental singular)
letovima (instrumental plural)


let

lȅt (canonical inanimate masculine)
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lèt (nominative singular)
léta (dual nominative)
léti (nominative plural)
léta (genitive singular)
létov (dual genitive)
létov (genitive plural)
létu (dative singular)
létoma (dative dual)
létom (dative plural)
lèt (accusative singular)
léta (accusative dual)
léte (accusative plural)
létu (locative singular)
létih (dual locative)
létih (locative plural)
létom (instrumental singular)
létoma (dual instrumental)
léti (instrumental plural)