LET (letting)

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Irregular inflected form: letting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does LET mean? 

• LET (noun)
  The noun LET has 2 senses:

1. a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

2. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

  Familiarity information: LET used as a noun is rare.

• LET (verb)
  The verb LET has 6 senses:

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

2. actively cause something to happen

3. consent to, give permission

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

5. leave unchanged

6. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

  Familiarity information: LET used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Army of the Pure; Army of the Righteous; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba; Lashkar-e-Toiba; LET

Context example:

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

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

let; net ball

Hypernyms ("let" is a kind of...):

serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)

• LET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they let    ... he / she / it lets   
Past simple: let   
Past participle: let   
-ing form: letting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

allow; let; permit

Context example:

This will permit the rain to run off

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

pass (allow to go without comment or censure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Something ----s INFINITIVE

Antonym:

prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Actively cause something to happen

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I let it be known that I was not interested

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Consent to, give permission

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

allow; countenance; let; permit

Context example:

I cannot allow you to see your exam

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)

Verb group:

allow; grant (let have)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

furlough (grant a leave to)

give (allow to have or take)

allow; permit; tolerate (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting)

authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)

admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

favor; favour; privilege (bestow a privilege upon)

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize (make legal)

trust (allow without fear)

admit; allow in; intromit; let in (allow to enter; grant entry to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

get; have; let

Context example:

He got a girl into trouble

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

get; make (give certain properties to something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 5

Meaning:

Leave unchanged

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

let it be

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

leave; leave alone; leave behind; let alone (leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

lease; let; rent

Context example:

I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

sublease; sublet (lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

lessor (someone who grants a lease)

letter (owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire)

 Context examples 

“If you can catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you have done it.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now please take the big chair and let me do something to amuse my company.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Some artificial limbs let you function nearly as well as before.

(Artificial Limbs, NIH)

To investigate that mixture, the researchers turned to the tried-and-true approach of combining gases in a chamber and letting them react.

(Experiments recreate aromatic flavors of Titan, NASA)

Do you know who it was that we let into the house that day?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He let himself in with a latch-key and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Acute pain lets you know that you may be injured or have a problem you need to take care of.

(Chronic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

The dog-musher let go of him precipitately, with action similar to that of a man who has picked up live fire.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

With all my heart, said Partlet, let us go and make a holiday of it together.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Stomata are the pores that let in carbon dioxide, allowing a tree to carry out photosynthesis.

(What's killing trees during droughts?, National Science Foundation)