-LET

Meaning of -LET in English

suffix

(in nouns) small; not very important :

booklet

piglet

starlet

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WORD ORIGIN

originally corresponding to French -ette added to nouns ending in -el .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LET — lə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -let, -lette, from Middle French -elet, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — let 1 /let/ , v. , let, letting , n. v.t. 1. to allow or permit: to let him escape. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet transitive verb ( let·ted ; letted or let ; let·ting ) Etymology: Middle English letten, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET
Webster English vocab
LET — [let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — let BrE AmE let —The phrase let me has a non-standard casual form ˈlem i , sometimes written lemme ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LET — / let; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( let·ting , let , let ) ALLOW 1. [ no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — I. let 1 S1 W1 /let/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle let , present participle letting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LET — v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LET — v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LET — 1. v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1. tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid …
Oxford English vocab
LET — ( lets, letting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'let' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give/let out a laugh ▪ She gave a loud laugh. give/let out a shriek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LET — (SUGGEST) [verb] [T + object + infinitive without to; not in past tenses] letting, past let - used to express …
Cambridge English vocab
LET — Synonyms and related words : OK, accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter, be afraid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — n. let down let off let on let out let up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LET — See ↑ LEND 2, ↑ LET/ALLOW 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ allow sb to do sth/let sb do sth • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LET — n. 25B6; verb let him sleep for now : ALLOW, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — v. 1 allow (to), permit (to), sanction (to), give permission or leave (to), authorize (to), license (to), suffer (to) Don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LET — verb 1 BAD : You can travel by train or let a car. GOOD : You can travel by train …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LET — I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LET — _I 1. let n 1> сдача внаём to get a let for one's house - сдать дом внаём 2> сдающееся …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LET — 1) допускать 2) позволять 3) полагать 4) пусть 5) разрешать 6) разрешить • let it be required — пусть требуется let us apply one triangle upon another — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LET — let I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LET — _I 1. let n 1) сдача внаём to get a let for one's house - сдать дом внаём 2> сдающееся …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LET — I 1. гл. ; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать ( слезы, кровь и т. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LET — I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to let the water …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LET — _I let 1. _v. (let) 1> позволять, разрешать; will you let me smoke? вы разрешите мне курить? 2> пускать, давать, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LET — I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LET — Airport Name : Leticia General Alfredo Vasquez Cobo International Airport Airport Location : Leticia, Colombia IATA Code : LET ICAO …
Airport Code English Dictionary
LET — (allow) lassar, permisser; (~ alone) lassar; a tacer pri; (lease) forluar; (optative) lass...; (subjunctive) mey. LET IT CAME: it mey …
English interlingue dictionary
LET — gitugutan;paabangan;tugot
English-Visayan vocabulary
LET — I. transitive verb (~ted; ~ted or ~; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Old English ~tan to delay, hinder; akin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-LET — noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French -elet, from -el, diminutive suffix (from Latin -ellus) + -et small one …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LET — (v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain …
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (v. t.) To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; …
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (v. t.) To consider; to think; to esteem.
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (v. t.) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (imp. & p. p.) of Let
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (n.) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
Английский словарь Webster
LET — (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
Английский словарь Webster
LET
Английский словарь Webster
-LET — () A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
Английский словарь Webster
LET
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To consider; to think; to esteem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. t. ) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. i. ) To forbear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( v. i. ) To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( n. ) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( n. ) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Let
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-LET — A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-LET — a diminutive suffix attached to nouns ( booklet; piglet; ringlet ), and, by extraction from bracelet , a suffix denoting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — v. allow, permit; cause, make; enable; allow to go, release; allow to enter; lease, rent; be rented (British)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LET — n. rented room or apartment (British); obstacle, hindrance; play which is invalid and must be repeated (in tennis and other …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
-LET — Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French -elet, from -el, diminutive suffix (from Latin -ellus ) + -et 1. : small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-LET — a noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
Webster English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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