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"forms": [
{
"form": "lets it be",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "letting it be",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "let it be",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "let it be",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "let it be (third-person singular simple present lets it be, present participle letting it be, simple past and past participle let it be)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let it be. The more you interfere, the worse it will get.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1970, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Let It Be”, performed by The Beatles",
"text": "Whispering words of wisdom, let it be.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene."
],
"id": "en-let_it_be-en-verb-BCqTpuME",
"links": [
[
"desist",
"desist"
],
[
"intervene",
"intervene"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "laissez faire"
},
{
"word": "let be"
},
{
"word": "so be it"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leave it alone"
},
{
"word": "leave it be"
},
{
"word": "let it alone"
},
{
"english": "in one of its senses",
"word": "it is what it is"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "就這樣吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiù zhè yàng ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "就这样吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóu tā qù ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "由它去吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suí tā qù ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "随它去吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "順其自然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shùnqízìrán",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "顺其自然"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "antaa olla"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "deixar estar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "iq̇os",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "იყოს"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "lasciare correre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "sia quel che sia"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "tebūnie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "deixar estar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "não mexer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustʹ búdet tak",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "пусть бу́дет так"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustʹ tak i búdet",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "пусть так и бу́дет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostávʹ kak jestʹ",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "оста́вь как есть"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "irukkaṭum",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "இருக்கடும்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "appaṭi irukkaṭum",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "அப்படி இருக்கடும்"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xaj bude",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "хай буде"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-let_it_be.ogg/En-au-let_it_be.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-let_it_be.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "let it be"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lets it be",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "letting it be",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "let it be",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "let it be",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "let it be (third-person singular simple present lets it be, present participle letting it be, simple past and past participle let it be)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "laissez faire"
},
{
"word": "let be"
},
{
"word": "so be it"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English verbs",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let it be. The more you interfere, the worse it will get.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1970, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Let It Be”, performed by The Beatles",
"text": "Whispering words of wisdom, let it be.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene."
],
"links": [
[
"desist",
"desist"
],
[
"intervene",
"intervene"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-let it be.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-let_it_be.ogg/En-au-let_it_be.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-let_it_be.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leave it alone"
},
{
"word": "leave it be"
},
{
"word": "let it alone"
},
{
"english": "in one of its senses",
"word": "it is what it is"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "就這樣吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiù zhè yàng ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "就这样吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóu tā qù ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "由它去吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suí tā qù ba",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "随它去吧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "順其自然"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shùnqízìrán",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "顺其自然"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "antaa olla"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "deixar estar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "iq̇os",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "იყოს"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "lasciare correre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "sia quel che sia"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "tebūnie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "deixar estar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "não mexer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustʹ búdet tak",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "пусть бу́дет так"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustʹ tak i búdet",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "пусть так и бу́дет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostávʹ kak jestʹ",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "оста́вь как есть"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "irukkaṭum",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "இருக்கடும்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "appaṭi irukkaṭum",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "அப்படி இருக்கடும்"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xaj bude",
"sense": "leave something to follow its natural course",
"word": "хай буде"
}
],
"word": "let it be"
}
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