let

1. 1.

   a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

   “Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus”

   SynonymsLashkar-e-TaibaLashkar-e-ToibaLashkar-e-TayyibaArmy of the PureArmy of the Righteous

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Pakistan · terrorism

2. 2.

   a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

   Synonymsnet ball

   Broaderserve

Other forms of let

plural

lets·

past tense

letted·

present participle

letting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about let

What does let mean?

let means "make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in let?

let has 1 syllable: let. In IPA it is /ˈlɛt/.

What is another word for let?

Close synonyms include allow, permit, permit, allow, countenance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of let?

The recorded antonyms are prevent.

Is let a common word?

let is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with let?

7 words rhyme with let. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.