Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To release.

    The students were let out of school early.

    If you go into the aviary, don't let out any of the birds!

  2. (Canada, US, intransitive)Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.

  3. To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.

    He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.

    The engineer let out the throttle after the train crossed the bridge.

  4. To rent out.

    We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip.

    bring out of a specific state

  5. To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.

    After the holidays he had to have his suits let out.

    auslassen

    расставитьrasstavitʹ

  6. (informal)Of sound, to emit.

    The dog let out a yelp.

  7. To disclose.

    He accidentally let out the location for the meeting.

  8. (transitive)To begin to tell a story.

  9. (dated, slang, transitive)To lay off or fire someone (from a job).

Examples

728 sentences
  1. Let's get out of this place.

    Ходімо звідси. — deniko

    ruСматываемся отсюда! — marafon

    deLass uns von hier verschwinden. — mayabe

  2. Tom opened the door and let the dog out.

    Том відчинив двері і випустив собаку. — Walentinio

    ruТом открыл дверь и выпустил собаку. — marafon

    deTom öffnete die Tür und ließ den Hund hinaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. When did they let you out of the hospital?

    Коли вони виписали тебе з лікарні? — deniko

  4. Let's eat out tonight.

    Давай ввечері кудись сходимо поїмо? — deniko

    ruДавай сходим поедим где-нибудь вечером? — Biga

    deLasst uns heute Abend essen gehen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Let's find out why.

    Давай дізнаємося чому. — miketheknight

    ruДавай выясним почему. — marafon

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of clothing: to enlarge by adjusting one or more seams:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of clothing: to enlarge by adjusting one or more seams:

Forms

lets out, letting out, let out, let out
Base formlet out · to let out
3rd person singularlets out
Present participleletting out
Past simplelet out
Past participlelet out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylet out
he, she, itlets out

Past simpleLesson

all personslet out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave let out
he, she, ithas let out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill let out

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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