let in

1. 1.

   allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

   “admit someone to the profession”

   “She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar”

   Synonymsadmitinclude

   Broaderpermit

   Narrowerinitiatereadmitinvolve
2. 2.

   allow to enter; grant entry to

   “We cannot admit non-members into our club building”

   “This pipe admits air”

   Synonymsadmitallow inintromit

   Broaderpermit

   Narrowerrepatriatereadmit

Questions about let in

What does let in mean?

let in means "allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for let in?

Close synonyms include admit, include, admit, allow in, intromit. 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.

Is let in a common word?

let in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.