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Nouns (4)

let

n. a race or rally from which no point is scored

let

n. a special point in rugby fives

let, net ball

n. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

Verbs (18)

let

v. actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"

let, have, get

v. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"

let, permit, countenance, allow

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

rent, let, lease

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

let, permit, allow

v. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"

leave, let, leave alone, leave undisturbed

v. leave unchanged; "let it be"

Adverbs (7)

only, alone, solely, exclusively

adv. "He works for Mr. Smith exclusively"

alone, unaccompanied, without anybody else

adv. "The child stayed home alone"

Adjectives (11)

alone, unaccompanied

adj. without accompaniment or companions; "the soloist sang unaccompanied"; "it had dramatic energy unaccompanied by an adequate sense of dramatic form"; "unaccompanied women were excluded"

single, sole, separate, solitary, lonely, lonesome, only, alone, lone

adj. characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; " a solitary walk"

Fuzzynyms (93)

let, permit, allow

v. tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"

sanction, okay, approve, ok

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

back, sanction

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

entitle

v. give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"

empower, give power to

v. give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

license, licence, certify

v. authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"

concur, agree

v. be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"

acknowledge, admit

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

recognize, accredit

v. grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"

sign, ratify

v. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

excuse, condone, make allowances for, be lenient with

v. excuse someone's behavior, for example

support, back, plump for, endorse, plunk for

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

enable, render capable, render able

v. render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

consent, accept, go for, consent to

v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

assent, accede, acquiesce, comply

v. to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

rent, hire, charter, lease

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

rent, lease

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

rent, take, hire, charter, lease, engage

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

rent, hire, charter, lease

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

let, permit, countenance, allow

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

lonely, lonesome

adj. marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

individual, case-by-case, item-by-item

adj. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

discrete

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

sequestered, cloistered, secluded, reclusive

adj. providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

individual, single, separate

adj. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

barren, bare, desolate, bleak

adj. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

singly, severally, one by one, separately, individually, on an individual basis

adv. apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"

aside, apart, not taken into account

adv. "These problems apart, the country is doing well"

on one's own, independently, without outside help

adv. on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently"

Synonyms (11)

rent out, farm out, hire out

v. grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"

antisocial, asocial

adj. hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed"

asocial

adj. given to avoiding association with others; "bears are asocial secretive animals"; "are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?"

solitary, eremitic

adj. characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"

recluse, reclusive, withdrawn

adj. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

Antonyms (13)

ban

v. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"

bar, exclude, debar

v. prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"

enjoin, issue an injunction

v. issue an injunction

outlaw, criminalize, illegalize

v. declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

keep, prevent

v. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

attended, accompanied

adj. having accompaniment or companions or escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives"

let alone

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