let-down
A disappointment or anticlimaxA disappointment or anticlimax.
Translations
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Meaning
3 senses(countable)A disappointment or anticlimax.
After seeing all the advertisements, the show itself was quite a let-down.
Enttäuschung
крахkrax, разочарова́ниеrazočarovánije, прова́лprovál
(countable, uncountable)The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.
(countable, uncountable)The clearance of an aircraft to descend through clouds to clear air below, or the process of granting such a clearance.
The flight received a radar letdown from air traffic control.
Origin
Deverbal from let down.Deverbal from let down.
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Forms
plural: let-downsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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