let
Usage
What are other ways to say let?
The verb let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit. Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization.
Example Sentences
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"Let us pursue our career hand in hand- -let us always keep our common goal in view, and shrink back from no step in order to reach it."
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
But I have not told you -let the last moment be the hardest.
From The Motor Girls on a Tour by Penrose, Margaret
Equivalent to the English suffixes -let in "streamlet," -ule in "globule," "pustule."
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
The termination -let, as in streamlet, seems to be double, and to consist of the Gothic diminutive -l, and the French diminutive -t.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The forms -rel, as in cockerel, pickerel, and -let, as in streamlet, require a separate consideration.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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