"let" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav [Southern-England], en-us-let.ogg [US] Forms: lets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: 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 let, leave behind”). 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|leten}} Middle English leten, {{m|enm|læten}} læten, {{der|en|ang|lǣtan||to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent}} Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*lātan}} Proto-West Germanic *lātan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*lētaną||to leave behind, allow}} Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leh₁d-||to let, leave behind}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave behind”), {{cog|sco|lat}} Scots lat, {{m|sco|lete||to let, leave}} lete (“to let, leave”), {{cog|frr|lete||to let}} North Frisian lete (“to let”), {{cog|fy|litte||to let}} West Frisian litte (“to let”), {{cog|nl|laten||to let, leave}} Dutch laten (“to let, leave”), {{cog|de|lassen||to let, leave, allow}} German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”), {{cog|sv|låta||to let, allow, leave}} Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), {{cog|is|láta||to let}} Icelandic láta (“to let”), {{cog|sq|lë||to allow, let, leave}} Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”), {{m|fr|laisser||to let}} laisser (“to let”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} let (plural lets)
  1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
    Sense id: en-let-en-noun-nitFDCB4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lett [archaic], lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic), letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav [Southern-England], en-us-let.ogg [US] Forms: lets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|letten||to hinder, delay}} Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), {{der|en|ang|lettan||to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late}} Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*lattjan}} Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*latjaną}} Proto-Germanic *latjaną, {{cog|ang|latian||to delay}} Old English latian (“to delay”), {{cog|nl|letten}} Dutch letten, {{cog|ang|læt||late}} Old English læt (“late”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} let (plural lets)
  1. An obstacle or hindrance.
    Sense id: en-let-en-noun-NTuJu7y6
  2. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally. Categories (topical): Tennis Translations (hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis): filet [masculine] (French), Netzball [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-let-en-noun-~sto48IS Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis Disambiguation of 'hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lett [archaic], lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic), letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic) Derived forms: without let or hindrance Translations (a hindrance): prepreka (Serbo-Croatian)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'a hindrance': 53 47

Verb

IPA: /lɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav [Southern-England], en-us-let.ogg [US] Forms: lets [present, singular, third-person], letting [participle, present], let [past], leet [obsolete, past], let [participle, past], letten [obsolete, participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: 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 let, leave behind”). 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|leten}} Middle English leten, {{m|enm|læten}} læten, {{der|en|ang|lǣtan||to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent}} Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*lātan}} Proto-West Germanic *lātan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*lētaną||to leave behind, allow}} Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leh₁d-||to let, leave behind}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave behind”), {{cog|sco|lat}} Scots lat, {{m|sco|lete||to let, leave}} lete (“to let, leave”), {{cog|frr|lete||to let}} North Frisian lete (“to let”), {{cog|fy|litte||to let}} West Frisian litte (“to let”), {{cog|nl|laten||to let, leave}} Dutch laten (“to let, leave”), {{cog|de|lassen||to let, leave, allow}} German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”), {{cog|sv|låta||to let, allow, leave}} Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), {{cog|is|láta||to let}} Icelandic láta (“to let”), {{cog|sq|lë||to allow, let, leave}} Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”), {{m|fr|laisser||to let}} laisser (“to let”) Head templates: {{en-verb|lets|letting|let|past2=leet|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=letten|past_ptc2_qual=obsolete}} let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or (obsolete) leet, past participle let or (obsolete) letten)
  1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-~S7EfJZX
  2. (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone. Tags: transitive Translations (to leave): lassen (German), zurücklassen (German), verlassen (German)
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-6ykXVUbw Disambiguation of 'to leave': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid). Tags: transitive Translations (to allow the release of (a fluid)): ablassen (German), herauslaufen lassen (German), הִקִּיז (hiqqíz) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-Rp1C02-N Disambiguation of 'to allow the release of (a fluid)': 10 10 61 10 4 2 1 0 1
  4. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent. Tags: transitive Translations (to put up for rent): давам под наем (davam pod naem) (Bulgarian), 出租 (chūzū) (Chinese Mandarin), pronajmout [perfective] (Czech), verhuren (Dutch), antaa vuokralle (Finnish), louer (French), vermieten (German), überlassen (German), bérel (Hungarian), affittare (Italian), 貸す (kasu) (alt: かす) (Japanese), 임대하다 (imdaehada) (Korean), izīrēt (Latvian), nuomoti (Lithuanian), išnuomoti (Lithuanian), leie ut (Norwegian), wynajmować (Polish), alugar (Portuguese), сдава́ть в аре́нду (sdavátʹ v aréndu) [imperfective] (Russian), сдать в аре́нду (sdatʹ v aréndu) [perfective] (Russian), сдава́ть внаём (sdavátʹ vnajóm) [imperfective] (Russian), сдать внаём (sdatʹ vnajóm) [perfective] (Russian), сдава́ть (sdavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сдать (sdatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), thoir seachad air mhàl (Scottish Gaelic), posuditi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), iznajmiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), alquilar (Spanish), arrendar (Spanish), louwer (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-6vZWaX~- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15 Disambiguation of 'to put up for rent': 3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10
  5. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-tvs4Yu4x
  6. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction. Tags: auxiliary, transitive Translations (introducing an imperative): хай (xaj) (Belarusian), няхай (njaxaj) (Belarusian), (Czech), nechť (Czech), lade (Danish), הָבָה (háva) (Hebrew), niech (Polish), пусть (pustʹ) (Russian), хай (xaj) (Ukrainian), нехай (nexaj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-3bRG-eeP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15 Disambiguation of 'introducing an imperative': 6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6
  7. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-8dqmDmRi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 11 5 2 3 1 7 3 11 15 12 12 6 1 3 Disambiguation of Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 5 9 5 5 2 0 1 3 4 3 3 0 1 1 8 3 8 3 1 3 3 0 1 0
  8. 1818, John Keats, To—:
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-wmoiM01j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15
  9. 1818, John Keats, To—:
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-gHnIWTtz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lett [archaic], lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic), letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic) Synonyms (to allow): allow, permit Translations (to allow): (Albanian), ἐάω (eáō) (Ancient Greek), ἀφίημι (aphíēmi) (Ancient Greek), سَمَحَ (samaḥa) (Arabic), دَعَّ (daʕʕa) (Arabic), خلَى (ḵella) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), թողնել (tʿoġnel) (Armenian), alas (Aromanian), las (Aromanian), dexar (Asturian), пуска́ць (puskácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пусці́ць (puscícʹ) (english: let go) [perfective] (Belarusian), дазваля́ць (dazvaljácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), дазво́ліць (dazvólicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), lezel (Breton), позволявам (pozvoljavam) (Bulgarian), permetre (Catalan), deixar (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (ràng) (Chinese Mandarin), nechat (Czech), dovolit [perfective] (Czech), tillade (Danish), lade (Danish), laten (Dutch), toestaan (Dutch), lasi (Esperanto), laskma (Estonian), antaa (Finnish), sallia (Finnish), laisser (French), lassâ (Friulian), deixar (Galician), ნების დართვა (nebis dartva) (Georgian), გაშვება (gašveba) (Georgian), lassen (German), επιτρέπω (epitrépo) (Greek), αφήνω (afíno) (Greek), הִנִּיחַ (hinníaẖ) (Hebrew), hagy (Hungarian), enged (Hungarian), leyfa (Icelandic), lasar (Ido), lassar (Interlingua), lassà (Istriot), lasciare (Italian), permettere (Italian), ...させる (...saseru) (note: causative form) (Japanese), អោយ (ʼaoy) (Khmer), 허락하다 (heorakhada) (Korean), lascer (Ladin), sinō (Latin), patior (Latin), permittō (Latin), sustineō (Latin), ļaut (Latvian), laist (Latvian), leisti (Lithuanian), laskõ (Livonian), lassà (Lombard), daś (Lower Sorbian), дозволи (dozvoli) (Macedonian), eja (Mbyá Guaraní), lassà (Neapolitan), la (Norwegian), permetre (Occitan), daissar (Occitan), گذاشتن (gozâštan) (Persian), اجازه دادن (ejâze dâdan) (Persian), lassé (Piedmontese), pozwalać [imperfective] (Polish), pozwolić [perfective] (Polish), deixar (Portuguese), permitir (Portuguese), ir (Portuguese), sagii (Quechua), hagii (Quechua), lăsa (Romanian), laschar (Romansch), lascher (Romansch), schar (Romansch), пуска́ть (puskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пусти́ть (pustítʹ) (english: let go) [perfective] (Russian), позволя́ть (pozvoljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), позво́лить (pozvólitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), lassai (Sardinian), lassare (Sardinian), leig le (Scottish Gaelic), dopustiti (Serbo-Croatian), dati (Serbo-Croatian), пустити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), дозволити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), pustiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), dozvoliti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), lassari (Sicilian), nechať (Slovak), pustiti [perfective] (Slovene), permitir (Spanish), dejar (Spanish), låta (Swedish), hayaan (Tagalog), pabayaan (Tagalog), ఇవ్వు (ivvu) (Telugu), ให้ (hâi) (Thai), ปล่อย (bplɔ̀i) (Thai), kälm- (Tocharian B), tärk- (Tocharian B), пуска́ти (puskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пусти́ти (pustýty) (english: let go) [perfective] (Ukrainian), дозволя́ти (dozvoljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), дозво́лити (dozvólyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), lasar (Venetian), trở (Vietnamese), để (Vietnamese), leyî (Walloon), laire (Walloon), לאָזן (lozn) (Yiddish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'to allow': 21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1 Derived forms: buy-to-let, buy to let, don't let the bedbugs bite, don't let the door hit you on the way out, forlet, if it's yellow let it mellow, inlet, let alone, let a thousand flowers bloom, let be, let blood, let bygones be bygones, let down, let drive, let fluffy off the chain, let fly, let George do it, let go, let her rip, 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 in, let in on, let it all hang out, let it alone, let it be, let it be known, let it snow, let know, let lie, let loose, let me count the ways, let me see, let nature take her course, let Nature take its course, let nature take its course, let off, let-off, let off steam, let on, let one go, let one loose, let one off, let one rip, let one's guard down, let one's hair down, let one's short back and sides down, let out, let past, let rip, let's, let sleeping dogs lie, let slide, let slip, let someone have it, let someone loose, let something ride, let something slip, let the buyer beware, let the cat out, let the cat out of the bag, let the chips fall where they may, let the cobbler stick to his last, let the devil out, let the dice fall where they may, let the dog see the rabbit, let the door hit you where the good Lord split you, let the good times roll, let the grass grow round one's feet, let the grass grow under one's feet, let the matter drop, let them have it, let the perfect be the enemy of the good, let there be light, let the sleeping dogs lie, let up, let us, let us count the ways, let us go, let well alone, let well enough alone, live-and-let-live, live and let live, offlet, outlet, re-let, sublet, take the cash and let the credit go, to let, underlet Disambiguation of 'to allow': 21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1

Verb

IPA: /lɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav [Southern-England], en-us-let.ogg [US] Forms: lets [present, singular, third-person], letting [participle, present], letted [past], let [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|letten||to hinder, delay}} Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), {{der|en|ang|lettan||to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late}} Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*lattjan}} Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*latjaną}} Proto-Germanic *latjaną, {{cog|ang|latian||to delay}} Old English latian (“to delay”), {{cog|nl|letten}} Dutch letten, {{cog|ang|læt||late}} Old English læt (“late”) Head templates: {{en-verb||||let}} let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past letted, past participle let)
  1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-GJwIbUSw
  2. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-efV2TgCT
  3. (obsolete) To tarry or delay. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-let-en-verb-K6-lXa0m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lett [archaic], lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic), letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let slip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let someone have it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let someone loose"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let something ride"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let something slip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the buyer beware"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the cat out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the cat out of the bag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the chips fall where they may"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the cobbler stick to his last"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the devil out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the dice fall where they may"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the door hit you where the good Lord split you"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the good times roll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the grass grow round one's feet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the matter drop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let them have it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let there be light"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let the sleeping dogs lie"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let us"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let us count the ways"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let us go"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let well alone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let well enough alone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "live-and-let-live"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "outlet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "take the cash and let the credit go"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to let"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English leten",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "5": "to let, leave behind"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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      },
      "expansion": "Scots lat",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lete",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "lete (“to let, leave”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "lete",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian lete (“to let”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "litte",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian litte (“to let”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to let, leave"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch laten (“to let, leave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "lassen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let, leave, allow"
      },
      "expansion": "German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "låta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let, allow, leave"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "láta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic láta (“to let”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "lë",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to allow, let, leave"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "laisser",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to let"
      },
      "expansion": "laisser (“to let”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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 let, leave behind”).\nCognates\nCognate 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lets",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leet",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letten",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lets",
        "2": "letting",
        "3": "let",
        "past2": "leet",
        "past2_qual": "obsolete",
        "past_ptc2": "letten",
        "past_ptc2_qual": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or (obsolete) leet, past participle let or (obsolete) letten)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan",
          "text": "He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to)."
      ],
      "id": "en-let-en-verb-~S7EfJZX",
      "links": [
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let me be!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone."
      ],
      "id": "en-let-en-verb-6ykXVUbw",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to leave",
          "word": "lassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to leave",
          "word": "zurücklassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to leave",
          "word": "verlassen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow the release of (a fluid)."
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      "id": "en-let-en-verb-Rp1C02-N",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 10 61 10 4 2 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to allow the release of (a fluid)",
          "word": "ablassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 10 61 10 4 2 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to allow the release of (a fluid)",
          "word": "herauslaufen lassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 10 61 10 4 2 1 0 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hiqqíz",
          "sense": "to allow the release of (a fluid)",
          "word": "הִקִּיז"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965, Roger Miller (lyrics and music), “King Of The Road”",
          "text": "Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent."
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        [
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          "rent"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "davam pod naem",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "давам под наем"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūzū",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "出租"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pronajmout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "verhuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "antaa vuokralle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "louer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "vermieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "überlassen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "bérel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "affittare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "alt": "かす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kasu",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "貸す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "imdaehada",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "임대하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "izīrēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "nuomoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "išnuomoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "leie ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "wynajmować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "alugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdavátʹ v aréndu",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдава́ть в аре́нду"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdatʹ v aréndu",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдать в аре́нду"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdavátʹ vnajóm",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдава́ть внаём"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdatʹ vnajóm",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдать внаём"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdavátʹ",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdatʹ",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сдать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "thoir seachad air mhàl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "posuditi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "iznajmiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "alquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "arrendar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 1 44 5 13 9 10 10",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to put up for rent",
          "word": "louwer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to let the building of a bridge;  to let out the lathing and the plastering",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out."
      ],
      "id": "en-let-en-verb-tvs4Yu4x",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 3 15 7 14 19 14 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let's put on a show!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let us have a moment of silence.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let me just give you the phone number.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction."
      ],
      "id": "en-let-en-verb-3bRG-eeP",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xaj",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "хай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njaxaj",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "няхай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "ať"
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          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "nechť"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "lade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "háva",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "הָבָה"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "niech"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pustʹ",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "пусть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xaj",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "хай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 8 1 5 7 48 13 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nexaj",
          "sense": "introducing an imperative",
          "word": "нехай"
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          "text": "Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?",
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        "1818, John Keats, To—:\nTime's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].",
        "1818, John Keats, To—"
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      "id": "en-let-en-verb-wmoiM01j",
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      "glosses": [
        "1818, John Keats, To—:\nTime's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].",
        "Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…]."
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        "1818, John Keats, To—:\n"
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      "ipa": "/lɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lett"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "allow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "lett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lë"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "samaḥa",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "سَمَحَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daʕʕa",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "دَعَّ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵella",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "خلَى"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿoġnel",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "թողնել"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dexar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "puskácʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пуска́ць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "be",
      "english": "let go",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "puscícʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пусці́ць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvaljácʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазваля́ць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvólicʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазво́ліць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lezel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pozvoljavam",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "позволявам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permetre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "讓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ràng",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "让"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "nechat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovolit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "tillade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "toestaan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laskma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "antaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sallia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laisser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassâ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nebis dartva",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ნების დართვა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gašveba",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "გაშვება"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitrépo",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "επιτρέπω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afíno",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "αφήνω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eáō",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ἐάω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphíēmi",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ἀφίημι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hinníaẖ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "הִנִּיחַ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hagy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "enged"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leyfa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasciare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permettere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "causative form",
      "roman": "...saseru",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "...させる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaoy",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "អោយ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heorakhada",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "허락하다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lascer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sinō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "patior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permittō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sustineō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ļaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leisti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laskõ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dozvoli",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "дозволи"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "eja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permetre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "daissar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gozâštan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "گذاشتن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ejâze dâdan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "اجازه دادن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwalać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwolić"
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    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sagii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hagii"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "ro",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "rm",
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    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "rm",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
      "code": "sc",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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      "_dis1": "21 20 22 21 10 3 2 1 1",
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    "let"
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          "hindrance",
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        "hobbies",
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      "_dis1": "53 47",
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    "Tok Pisin nouns",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from English"
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      "word": "buy-to-let"
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      "word": "buy to let"
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    {
      "word": "don't let the bedbugs bite"
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    {
      "word": "don't let the door hit you on the way out"
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      "word": "forlet"
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      "word": "if it's yellow let it mellow"
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      "word": "inlet"
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      "word": "let alone"
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    {
      "word": "let a thousand flowers bloom"
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      "word": "let be"
    },
    {
      "word": "let blood"
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    {
      "word": "let bygones be bygones"
    },
    {
      "word": "let down"
    },
    {
      "word": "let drive"
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    {
      "word": "let fluffy off the chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "let fly"
    },
    {
      "word": "let George do it"
    },
    {
      "word": "let go"
    },
    {
      "word": "let her rip"
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    {
      "word": "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
    },
    {
      "word": "let him that is without sin cast the first stone"
    },
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      "word": "let him who is without sin cast the first stone"
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      "word": "let in"
    },
    {
      "word": "let in on"
    },
    {
      "word": "let it all hang out"
    },
    {
      "word": "let it alone"
    },
    {
      "word": "let it be"
    },
    {
      "word": "let it be known"
    },
    {
      "word": "let it snow"
    },
    {
      "word": "let know"
    },
    {
      "word": "let lie"
    },
    {
      "word": "let loose"
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    {
      "word": "let me count the ways"
    },
    {
      "word": "let me see"
    },
    {
      "word": "let nature take her course"
    },
    {
      "word": "let Nature take its course"
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    {
      "word": "let nature take its course"
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    {
      "word": "let off"
    },
    {
      "word": "let-off"
    },
    {
      "word": "let off steam"
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    {
      "word": "let on"
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    {
      "word": "let one go"
    },
    {
      "word": "let one loose"
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    {
      "word": "let one off"
    },
    {
      "word": "let one rip"
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      "word": "let one's guard down"
    },
    {
      "word": "let one's hair down"
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      "word": "let one's short back and sides down"
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      "word": "let out"
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    {
      "word": "let past"
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    {
      "word": "let rip"
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    {
      "word": "let's"
    },
    {
      "word": "let sleeping dogs lie"
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      "word": "let slide"
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    {
      "word": "let slip"
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    {
      "word": "let someone have it"
    },
    {
      "word": "let someone loose"
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      "word": "let something ride"
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      "word": "let something slip"
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      "word": "let the buyer beware"
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      "word": "let the cat out"
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      "word": "let the cat out of the bag"
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      "word": "let the chips fall where they may"
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      "word": "let the cobbler stick to his last"
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      "word": "let the devil out"
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      "word": "let the dice fall where they may"
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      "word": "let the dog see the rabbit"
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      "word": "let the door hit you where the good Lord split you"
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      "word": "let the good times roll"
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      "word": "let the grass grow round one's feet"
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      "word": "let the grass grow under one's feet"
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      "word": "let the matter drop"
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      "word": "let them have it"
    },
    {
      "word": "let the perfect be the enemy of the good"
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    {
      "word": "let there be light"
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      "word": "let the sleeping dogs lie"
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      "word": "let up"
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      "word": "let us"
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      "word": "let us count the ways"
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      "word": "let us go"
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      "word": "let well alone"
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      "word": "let well enough alone"
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      "word": "live-and-let-live"
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      "word": "live and let live"
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      "word": "offlet"
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      "word": "outlet"
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      "word": "re-let"
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      "word": "sublet"
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      "word": "take the cash and let the credit go"
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      "word": "to let"
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      "word": "underlet"
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          "text": "After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.",
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan",
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          "ref": "2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone."
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        "(transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone."
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          "text": "The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.",
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          "text": "I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.",
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          "ref": "1965, Roger Miller (lyrics and music), “King Of The Road”",
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        "(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent."
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        {
          "text": "Let us have a moment of silence.",
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          "text": "Let me just give you the phone number.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (+ bare infinitive)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete except with know",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "1818, John Keats, To—:\nTime's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].",
        "1818, John Keats, To—"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "John Keats",
          "w:John Keats"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "1818, John Keats, To—:\n"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "1818, John Keats, To—:\nTime's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…].",
        "Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand[…]."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "John Keats",
          "w:John Keats"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "1818, John Keats, To—:\n"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lett"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-let.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-let.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-let.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-let.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-let.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-us-let.ogg/En-us-let.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-us-let.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "allow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "lett"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)"
    },
    {
      "word": "letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "samaḥa",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "سَمَحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daʕʕa",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "دَعَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵella",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "خلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿoġnel",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "թողնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dexar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "puskácʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пуска́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "let go",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "puscícʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пусці́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvaljácʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазваля́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dazvólicʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дазво́ліць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lezel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pozvoljavam",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "позволявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "讓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ràng",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "让"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "nechat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dovolit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "tillade"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "toestaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laskma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "antaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sallia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nebis dartva",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ნების დართვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gašveba",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "გაშვება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitrépo",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "επιτρέπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afíno",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "αφήνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eáō",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ἐάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphíēmi",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ἀφίημι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hinníaẖ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "הִנִּיחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "enged"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leyfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "causative form",
      "roman": "...saseru",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "...させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaoy",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "អោយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heorakhada",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "허락하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lascer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sinō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "patior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permittō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sustineō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ļaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laist"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laskõ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dozvoli",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "дозволи"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "eja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassà"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "daissar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gozâštan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "گذاشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ejâze dâdan",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "اجازه دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassé"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pozwolić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ir"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "sagii"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hagii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lăsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laschar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lascher"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "schar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "puskátʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пуска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "let go",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pustítʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пусти́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozvoljátʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "позволя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozvólitʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "позво́лить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassare"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leig le"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dopustiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пустити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дозволити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pustiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dozvoliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lassari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "nechať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pustiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "daś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "låta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hayaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "pabayaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ivvu",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ఇవ్వు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hâi",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ให้"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplɔ̀i",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "ปล่อย"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "kälm-"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "tärk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "puskáty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пуска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "let go",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pustýty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пусти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dozvoljáty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дозволя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dozvólyty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дозво́лити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "lasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "trở"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "để"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "leyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "laire"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lozn",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "לאָזן"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave",
      "word": "lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave",
      "word": "zurücklassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave",
      "word": "verlassen"
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    {
      "word": "without let or hindrance"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "letten",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hinder, delay"
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "lettan",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "latian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to delay"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "letten"
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      "expansion": "Dutch letten",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "læt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "late"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An obstacle or hindrance."
      ],
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          "obstacle",
          "obstacle"
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          "hindrance",
          "hindrance"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Tennis"
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        "The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally."
      ],
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        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "hindrance",
          "hindrance"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɛt/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lett"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-let.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-us-let.ogg/En-us-let.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-us-let.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "lett"
    },
    {
      "word": "lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)"
    },
    {
      "word": "letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a hindrance",
      "word": "prepreka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Netzball"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "let"
  ],
  "word": "let"
}

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