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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“It’s important that we embrace all different methods of disposition and let families decide what they want,” Robinson said.
But after funding ran dry in 2024, the state let all but one of them go.
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Radio data also let us look inside the music.
This wasn’t the case with everyone, but I believe it took a strong and well-balanced individual to not let it happen.
Lax environmental rules let Chinese companies produce rare earths cheaply.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
