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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 (43)

know

v. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

let

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

know, cognize

v. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"

acknowledge, recognize, know

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"

know, be certain of, be convinced of

v. be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

know, have a familiarity with, have a grasp of, have experience with

v. know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

experience, know, live

v. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"

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, let alone, leave undisturbed

v. leave unchanged; "let it be"

recall, think, know, remember, retrieve, recollect, remind, call back

v. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

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Fuzzynyms (96)

identify, consider same, consider equal

v. consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

recall, think, know, remember, retrieve, recollect, remind, call back

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"

credit

v. give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

allow, profess, concede, confess

v. admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"

gather, understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

credit

v. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

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"

identify, consider same, consider equal

v. consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

know

reminisce, recall the past

v. recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"

return, recall, come back, hark back

v. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

Synonyms (9)

discriminate, know apart, perceive the difference, recognize the difference

v. recognize or perceive the difference

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"

remember, think back

v. recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

Antonyms (40)

ignore, be ignorant of

v. be ignorant of or in the dark about

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

distrust, mistrust, suspect

v. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

think, guess, suppose, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

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"

blank out, forget, draw a blank, fail to remember, be unable to remember

v. be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

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