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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"Move beyond fossil fuels and let clean energy power the next stage of development."
From Barron's
The world's biggest US AI chatbots do not work in all of India's 22 official languages - let alone the hundreds of dialects that exist within them.
From BBC
Grok started letting users edit images with text prompts in 2025.
But the law gives governors the authority to decide whether or not to opt in and let tax-credit-eligible donations flow to scholarship-granting organizations in their state.
“Nothing’s precious. Just let it sit there and find its own way.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
