let – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to let the cat out of the bag
Participle: let the cat out of the bag
Gerund: letting the cat out of the bag

Cognates

See the 9 cognates of let

Indicative

Present

I	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	lets the cat out of the bag
we	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
they	let the cat out of the bag

Perfect

I	have let the cat out of the bag
you	have let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	has let the cat out of the bag
we	have let the cat out of the bag
you	have let the cat out of the bag
they	have let the cat out of the bag

Past

I	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	let the cat out of the bag
we	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
they	let the cat out of the bag

Pluperfect

I	had let the cat out of the bag
you	had let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	had let the cat out of the bag
we	had let the cat out of the bag
you	had let the cat out of the bag
they	had let the cat out of the bag

Future

I	will let the cat out of the bag
you	will let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	will let the cat out of the bag
we	will let the cat out of the bag
you	will let the cat out of the bag
they	will let the cat out of the bag

Future Perfect

I	will have let the cat out of the bag
you	will have let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	will have let the cat out of the bag
we	will have let the cat out of the bag
you	will have let the cat out of the bag
they	will have let the cat out of the bag

Subjunctive

Present

I	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	let the cat out of the bag
we	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
they	let the cat out of the bag

Perfect

I	have let the cat out of the bag
you	have let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	have let the cat out of the bag
we	have let the cat out of the bag
you	have let the cat out of the bag
they	have let the cat out of the bag

Imperfect

I	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	let the cat out of the bag
we	let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag
they	let the cat out of the bag

Pluperfect

I	had let the cat out of the bag
you	had let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	had let the cat out of the bag
we	had let the cat out of the bag
you	had let the cat out of the bag
they	had let the cat out of the bag

Conditional

Present

I	would let the cat out of the bag
you	would let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	would let the cat out of the bag
we	would let the cat out of the bag
you	would let the cat out of the bag
they	would let the cat out of the bag

Perfect

I	would have let the cat out of the bag
you	would have let the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	would have let the cat out of the bag
we	would have let the cat out of the bag
you	would have let the cat out of the bag
they	would have let the cat out of the bag

Imperative

you	let the cat out of the bag
we	Let's let the cat out of the bag
you	let the cat out of the bag

Indicative

Present

I	am letting the cat out of the bag
you	are letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	is letting the cat out of the bag
we	are letting the cat out of the bag
you	are letting the cat out of the bag
they	are letting the cat out of the bag

Perfect

I	have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	have been letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	has been letting the cat out of the bag
we	have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	have been letting the cat out of the bag
they	have been letting the cat out of the bag

Past

I	was letting the cat out of the bag
you	were letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	was letting the cat out of the bag
we	were letting the cat out of the bag
you	were letting the cat out of the bag
they	were letting the cat out of the bag

Pluperfect

I	had been letting the cat out of the bag
you	had been letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	had been letting the cat out of the bag
we	had been letting the cat out of the bag
you	had been letting the cat out of the bag
they	had been letting the cat out of the bag

Future

I	will be letting the cat out of the bag
you	will be letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	will be letting the cat out of the bag
we	will be letting the cat out of the bag
you	will be letting the cat out of the bag
they	will be letting the cat out of the bag

Future Perfect

I	will have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	will have been letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	will have been letting the cat out of the bag
we	will have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	will have been letting the cat out of the bag
they	will have been letting the cat out of the bag

Conditional

Present

I	would be letting the cat out of the bag
you	would be letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	would be letting the cat out of the bag
we	would be letting the cat out of the bag
you	would be letting the cat out of the bag
they	would be letting the cat out of the bag

Perfect

I	would have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	would have been letting the cat out of the bag
he;she;it	would have been letting the cat out of the bag
we	would have been letting the cat out of the bag
you	would have been letting the cat out of the bag
they	would have been letting the cat out of the bag

Verbs conjugated like 'let'

beset, broadcast, burst, bust, cost, crosscut, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, inset, let, misread, overset, overspread, put, read, rebroadcast, recut, relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'let'

bet, blet, fet, get, jet, lat, lee, leg, lek, lest,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To make late; delay: hinder
to give (something) to somebody temporarily, expecting it to be returned: lease, lend, loan
allow: permit, grant, suffer, leave, have
fail: disappoint
rent: hire, lease, sublet

Antonyms

to forbid, disallow, or proscribe: admit, allow, approve, authorize, consent, permit, ratify, suffer, prohibit, tolerate, warrant
allow: disallow, forbid, prohibit, disapprove
fail: achieve, accomplish, attain, obtain

Additional Information

Cf. Old English lǣtan.
The obsolete verb let 'hinder', still preserved in the phrase let or hindrance is derived from the Old English weak verb lettan.

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. lætan "to allow, let go, bequeath, leave," also "to rent" (class VII strong verb; past tense let, pp. læten), from P.Gmc. *lætan (cf. O.S. latan, O.Fris. leta, Du. laten, Ger. lassen, Goth. letan "to leave, let"), from PIE *le(i)d- "to leave behind, leave, yield" (cf. L. lassus "faint, weary," Lith. leisti "to let, to let loose"). The primary sense appears to be "to let go through weariness, to neglect." Obsolete let (n.) "hindrance" is from O.E. lettan "hinder, delay," from P.Gmc. *latjanan, related to Mod.Eng. late. Slang letdown "disappointment" first recorded 1768. Let on "reveal, divulge" is from 1637; let up "cease, stop" is from 1787.
2. Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”). See: Middle English 'leten', Proto-Germanic '*lētaną', Scots 'lat', Low Saxon 'laten', German, old spelling 'lassen', Luxembourgish 'loossen', Danish 'lade', Icelandic 'láta', Norwegian 'la', Norwegian, nynorsk 'la', Swedish 'låta', Albanian 'lë'.

Verbs referencing "let"

Norwegian, nynorsk la, Alemannic German lah, German, old spelling lassen, German, Pennsylvania losse, Luxembourgish loossen, Albanian lë, Old French laiier.

Sample Sentences

“ Well, Tom's got the real article, if ever a fellow had, ” rejoined the other. “ Why, last fall, I let him go to Cincinnati alone, to do business for me, and bring home five hundred dollars. ‘Tom, ’ says I to him, ‘I trust you, because I think you 're a Christian—I know you wouldn't cheat. ’ Tom [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] fellows, they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada ? ’ ’ Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn’t,’—they told me about it. I am sorry to part with Tom, I must say. You ought to let him cover the whole balance of the debt; and you would, Haley, if you had any conscience. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] If we could have gone off in the midst of that last burst, we should have started triumphantly: but to lie here, two hours and more in the damp fog, neither staying at home nor going abroad, is letting one gradually down into the very depths of dulness and low spirits. A speck in the mist, at last! That’s something. It is the boat we wait for ! That’s more to the purpose. The captain appears [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ What can be coming now ? ” “ Well, lately Mas’r has been saying that he was a fool to let me marry off the place; that he hates Mr. Shelby and all his tribe, because they are proud, and hold their heads up above him, and that I 've got proud notions from you; and he says he won't [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] me marry off the place; that he hates Mr. Shelby and all his tribe, because they are proud, and hold their heads up above him, and that I 've got proud notions from you; and he says he won't let me come here any more, and that I shall take a wife and settle down on his place. At first he only scolded and grumbled these things; but yesterday he told me that I should take Mina for a wife, and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] the deaf mutes, and it is a subject of delight and wonder to see how rapidly, correctly, and eagerly, she goes on with her labours. Her teacher gives her a new object, for instance, a pencil, first lets her examine it, and get an idea of its use, then teaches her how to spell it by making the signs for the letters with her own fingers: the child grasps her hand, and feels her fingers, as the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ I 'm sure one on ’ em caved in last week, ” said Pete, “ and let ’ em all down in de middle of de singin ’; dat ar was failin ’, warnt it ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] matters, and take possession tomorrow. I 'm going to get out my horse bright and early, and be off. I can't see Tom, that's a fact; and you had better arrange a drive somewhere, and carry Eliza off. Let the thing be done when she is out of sight. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ Hush, Harry, ” she said; “ mustn't speak loud, or they will hear us. A wicked man was coming to take little Harry away from his mother, and carry him ’ way off in the dark; but mother won't let him—she's going to put on her little boy's cap and coat, and run off with him, so the ugly man can't catch him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ No, no—I an't going. Let Eliza go—it's her right ! I wouldn't be the one to say no—‘tan't in _natur_ for her to stay; but you heard what she said ! If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Then we won the vote, so we let all the frogs go in the school lake. (Baireoseu)
Hello, Javi. Ryan? Meet me outside. Or? I'll drag your father into this as well. Lets go for a ride. (The Compatriots)

let – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of let

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'let'

Verbs similar to 'let'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "let"

Sample Sentences