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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Stale Solbakken, the Norway head coach, and Brede Hangeland, the team manager, have let fly in the media about a training game between the reserve players from the two countries that Clarke cancelled.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“But this board voted to let him out of prison.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
As Mr. Homan and others have made clear, the administration is determined not to let protesters stop them from keeping this facility running.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
I hop into my seat at the front of the bus as he starts yelling about the last two hours of our trek and to let our parents know now so they can coordinate pickups.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing let
