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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Let me start by heading off some angry mail: I’m all for rewarding hard work.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Let me hit you with an influence that I picked up on this record: Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Let the bread pudding cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Marcus Mumford, from Mumford & Sons, features on the track If You Let Me, with Peters saying they had an "instant connection".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“Wait! Let me get my things out of the pockets!”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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