let (/let/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /let/
Meaning
Meaning: allow, permit
To allow someone to do something, or to permit something to happen. It is also used to make suggestions with ‘let’s’.
Examples
🗣 My parents let me stay up late to watch the football match.
Etymology
From Old English ‘lætan’ (to allow, leave), from a Germanic root.
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for permission and suggestion.
Tags: permission, allow