hire, let, lease, rent, charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let …

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1. To slow down; diminish: didn't let up in their efforts. 2. To become less severe or intense: The rain let up.

Let us is the first person plural imperative, which we only use in very formal situations. Let’s is the short form, which we often use to make suggestions which include ourselves: …

Oct 13, 2025 · Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to …

If you let something happen, you allow it to happen without doing anything to stop or prevent it. People said we were interfering with nature, and that we should just let the animals die. I can't …

Let us is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Let us consider all the facts before deciding. The contracted form let's occurs mostly in informal …

-let is attached to a noun to form a noun that is a smaller version of the original noun or root: book + -let → booklet (= a smaller book); pig + -let → piglet (= a smaller pig).

Some common synonyms of let are charter, hire, lease, and rent. While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, …

Let definition: To give permission or opportunity to; allow.