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LET

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Irregular inflected form: letting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

Synonyms:

let; net ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("let" is a kind of...):

serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

Example:

Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus

Synonyms:

Army of the Pure; Army of the Righteous; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba; Lashkar-e-Toiba; LET

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

Example:

He got a girl into trouble

Synonyms:

get; have; let

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

get; make (give certain properties to something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leave unchanged

Example:

let it be

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

leave; leave alone; leave behind; let alone (leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Actively cause something to happen

Example:

I let it be known that I was not interested

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Consent to, give permission

Example:

I cannot allow you to see your exam

Synonyms:

allow; countenance; let; permit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)

Verb group:

allow; grant (let have)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

furlough (grant a leave to)

give (allow to have or take)

allow; permit; tolerate (allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting)

authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)

admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

favor; favour; privilege (bestow a privilege upon)

decriminalise; decriminalize; legalise; legalize; legitimate; legitimatise; legitimatize; legitimise; legitimize (make legal)

trust (allow without fear)

admit; allow in; intromit; let in (allow to enter; grant entry to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sense 5

Meaning:

Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

Example:

I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners

Synonyms:

lease; let; rent

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "let" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

sublease; sublet (lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

lessor (someone who grants a lease)

letter (owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

Example:

This will permit the rain to run off

Synonyms:

allow; let; permit

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let"):

pass (allow to go without comment or censure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Something ----s INFINITIVE

Antonym:

prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)

Credits

 Context examples: 

But let's not forget that tobacco, although it is a source of pleasure for some - I don't know, I don't smoke - is a purely toxic element.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Diagnostic imaging lets doctors look inside your body for clues about a medical condition.

(Diagnostic Imaging, NIH)

She told me, that that same evening William had teased her to let him wear a very valuable miniature that she possessed of your mother.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I let down the curtain and went back to the fireside.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Don't let us have any more such goings-on," said he.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You should also let your family know your wishes.

(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down.

(PHQ-9 - Feeling Bad About Yourself, NCI Thesaurus)

Some will let couples live together.

(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt bad about oneself or that one is a failure or has let oneself or their family down.

(Feeling Bad about Yourself or Feeling Like a Failure or Have Let Yourself or Your Family Down, NCI Thesaurus)

Come, then, and, having exhausted the Palmer, let us see what the Dunlop with the patched cover has to offer us.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)