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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Standing in her kitchen, Nicole Fontanez let out a gasp as she cut open a cardboard box, revealing a plastic figure of Yoshi, Mario’s dinosaur-like friend.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
No one had ever been arrested for the crime, let alone convicted.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Pressed on when he thinks the war will end, Trump said, “I will let you know pretty soon.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
“I will let you know pretty soon,” he told the Journal.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
I guess sometimes I let people get to me, too.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
