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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To summarize, Nelson said: “It is important to let winners run. Common mistakes are to sell winners too soon and keep losers for too long.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
But she couldn’t let this go; her colleagues had handled Salute’s case, and she remembered it well.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
If the world is going to copy American AI, let it copy the safe version.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"But we won't let it beat us down," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Tomorrow, when we come back from the gallery, I’ll let Grandma know.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
How Lucius sent certain spies in a bushment for to have taken his knights being prisoners, and how they were letted.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
At the opening of the sixth, that which letted is taken out of the way, namely the heathen Roman Empire.
From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir
His squiers, which that stoode there beside, Excused him, because of his sickness, Which letted* him to do his business: *hindered None other cause mighte make him tarry.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
But first the very trueth is, that I was from the same voyage letted by the Princes letters, which my Master Sebastian Gabota had obtained for that purpose, to my great griefe.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard
Whiche thynge to shewe in effecte in my selfe, although by fortune some waies I haue ben letted, yet by that whiche fortune cannot debarre, some waies again I haue declared.
From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by Caius, John
The bot’s report shows a table comparing its assumptions for those four value drivers for SpaceX against the market’s assumptions, letting investors decide for themselves which numbers look reasonable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
That's the pitch from a wave of new AI tools letting readers do exactly that.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“He’s letting this thing slip away,” Graham said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
I find it best to add the leaves in batches, letting each handful wilt before adding more into the pan.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ray cracks the windows, letting in the warm evening air.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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