hire, let, lease, rent, charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.

Let us is the first person plural imperative, which we only use in very formal situations. Let’s is the short form, which we often use to make suggestions which include ourselves: …

1. To slow down; diminish: didn't let up in their efforts. 2. To become less severe or intense: The rain let up.

Let us is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Let us consider all the facts before deciding. The contracted form let's occurs mostly in informal speech and …

The most common diminutives are formed with the prefix mini- and with suffixes such as -let and -y. We often use a diminutive with names or with abbreviated names when we want to be more informal, or …

3 days ago · The 2026 Ladies European Tour (LET) season officially gets underway this week with the PIF Saudi Ladies International at Riyadh Golf Club. It is the first time the tournament has hosted the …

Definition of let verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.