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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "let"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to allow something to happen or someone to do something
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
to let definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I will let you borrow my book if you promise to return it.
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāχ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to allow someone or something to pass in a specific direction
Transitive: to let sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let me through.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to not prevent something from happening, or provide conditions that enable it
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I let myself be lured into buying the expensive shoes.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āϜ⧁āϤāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to allow someone to use one's property in exchange for an amount paid regularly
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Ditransitive: to let one's property to sb
to let definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm letting my apartment to a new tenant.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŸā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

used to politely make or respond to suggestions, or give instructions or remarks
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's chat over coffee.
āϚāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

used for politely offering help to someone
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' Please, let me help you with your bags,' he said, reaching for them.
'āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ,' āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ, āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

used for expressing that one is not worried or frightened about someone doing a certain thing
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If they think they can intimidate us, let them try.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

used for expressing a strong wish for something to take place or be the case
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' Please let this be a misunderstanding,' he hoped.
'āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ,' āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

used for expressing that one is assuming something to be the case in order to form a theory or to calculate something
Ditransitive: to let sth do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let H be a hypothesis that we want to test.
āϧāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ• H āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤
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āϞ⧇āϟ, āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŋāϏ

(racket sports) a serve that does not count because of a small problem, like the ball hitting the net or a distraction, and is played again
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her serve was a let because someone in the crowd moved.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āύāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āχāϜāĻžāϰāĻž

an act of renting a house, apartment, room, etc.; an apartment, a house, or a piece of land that is can be rented
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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