Let

/lɛt/ Other forms: letting; lets; letted To let is to allow or permit. If you don't prevent your little brother from jumping off the roof into a pile of leaves, you let him do it. Your boss might let you take a few days off work, and the friendly city bus driver might let you ride for free when you forget your wallet. Another way to let is to allow someone or something to pass in a certain direction, like a window that lets in the morning sunshine. The word can also mean "lease" or "rent," so a landlord might let a room over his garage to a college student.

Diccionarios bilingües • inglés–holandés holandés-inglés • inglés-francés francés-inglés • inglés-alemán alemán-inglés • inglés-indonesio indonesio-inglés • inglés-italiano italiano-inglés • inglés-japonés japonés-inglés • inglés-noruego noruego–inglés • inglés-polaco polaco-inglés • inglés-portugués portugués-inglés • inglés-español español-inglés

• Am I allowed to go to the park? • She wanted to go but her parents wouldn't let her. • Smoking is not permitted in any part of the building. • You have my permission to stay out past midnight on Friday. • Who authorized this expenditure? • The government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion dollar infrastructure project. • admit of something • allow of something • allowable • approval • authorization • authorize • clearance • consent • entrance • given the chance/choice idiom • green-light • hall pass • hospital admission • imprimatur • liberty • relicensure • say-so • security clearance • see your way (clear) to doing something idiom • sufferance Diminutives (- let, - y and mini-) A diminutive creates a meaning of ‘small’ or ‘little’. The most common diminutives are formed with the prefix mini- and with suffixes such as -let and -y. We often use a diminutive with names or with abbreviated names when we want to be more informal, or to express affection for someone or something: … (Definition of let from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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