Meaning

1 senses
  1. A pause or period of slackening.

    without letup

    It rained without letup for many hours.

    Nachlassen

    ослабле́ниеoslablénije

More definitions
  • a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a pause or period of slackening:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a pause or period of slackening:

Origin

Deverbal from let up.

Deverbal from let up.

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Forms

plural: letups
Singularletup
Pluralletups

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished:lull

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlet up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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