verb

lets

Translation

to let, to allow, to permit

My mom lets me stay up late.

My mum lets me stay up late.

The app lets you track your spending.

Let's go to the park.

let ((sb./sth.)) ((do sth.)) to allow (sb./sth.) to (do sth.) She lets her kids play outside.

Let's ((do sth.)) used to make a suggestion Let's eat pizza tonight.

Synonyms: allow, permit; Antonyms: forbid, prevent

From Old English 'lætan' meaning 'to allow to pass, leave behind'.

Think of 'letting' someone go through a door you are holding open. You are allowing them to pass.