VERB | social | let, allow, permit | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen / happen |
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communication | let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen | |
communication | let, permit, allow, countenance | consent to, give permission | |
change | let, get, have | cause to move | |
change | let | leave unchanged | |
possession | let, lease, rent | grant / grant / grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | |
NOUN | group | LET, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous | a brutal terrorist group active / active in Kashmir |
act | let, net ball | a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court |
Sounds | leh't | |
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Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... |
Meaning | A brutal terrorist group active / active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India. | |
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Synonyms | Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous | |
Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
Region | Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan | A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley |
Catalan | Lashkar-e-Toiba |
Meaning | A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again. | |
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Synonym | net ball | |
Broader | serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play |
Spanish | let | |
Catalan | let |
Meaning | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen / happen. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE; Something ----s INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | allow, permit | |
Narrower | pass | Allow to go without comment or censure |
Opposite | prevent, keep | Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
Spanish | dejar, permitir | |
Catalan | deixar, permetre |
Meaning | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
Example | "I let it be known that I was not interested" | |
Broader | induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make | Cause to do |
Meaning | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Example | "This let me in for a big surprise" | |
Synonyms | get, have | |
Broader | make, get | Give certain properties to something |
Spanish | poner | |
Catalan | posar |
Meaning | Leave unchanged. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "let it be" | |
Broader | leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone | Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking |
Spanish | abandonar, dejar | |
Catalan | abandonar, deixar |
Meaning | grant / grant / grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Synonyms | lease, rent | |
Narrower | sublet, sublease | lease / lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
Nouns | lessor | someone who grants a lease |
letter | owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire |
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