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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Other crews were begging ports to let them disembark from vessels that have run out of food and fresh vegetables, after what amounts to 41 days as prisoners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the situation was "not students' fault", and that many institutions had let them down "through either incompetence or abuse of the system".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
"They have these adorable cutesy cartoons about these products that are so incredibly dangerous that they won't even let people use them," Stamos said of the San Francisco-based startup.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
They let you get on the plane like that?’” she recalled.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“We wouldn’t ask if we didn’t need you, but we need three people: two in Nate’s boat and one in Jonah’s, and my dad won’t let Jonah come.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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