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# letting

«letting» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **allowing someone to do something: Mum is letting me stay…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (present participle of let: let, lets, let, letting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Letting means allowing someone to do something: Mum is letting me stay up late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#m1)

2) Letting something happen means not stopping it: letting the water run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#m2)

3) In British English, letting a house or flat means renting it out to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows who has permission or who is in charge. In safety lessons: never letting strangers into the house, letting an adult know where you are. Phrases: letting go, letting off steam, letting someone down, letting in, letting out.

### examples

- Thanks for letting me borrow your pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x1)
- Dad is letting us camp in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x2)
- Stop letting the door slam! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x3)
- She is letting go of the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x4)
- You are letting the cold air in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x5)
- I felt bad about letting my team down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x6)
- They are letting the dog off the lead in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x7)
- Letting the tap run wastes water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x8)
- Straight on he strode, letting neither hill nor river hinder him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/#x9)

### note

Double t: letting, not «leting». «Let» has the same form in present, past and past participle (let, let, let). After let comes a verb without «to»: «letting me go», not «letting me to go». Do not confuse with «leaving».

### In the corpora

- [A dissolved solid can be got back by letting the water evaporate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/6/)
- ["Show, don't tell" means letting actions, body language and details show a feeling instead of naming it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/9/)
- [Sand, mats and the foam in a helmet soften a blow by letting you stop more slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/17/)
- [Good listening means looking at the person, letting them finish, and then answering about what they actually said.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/3/)
- [Letting a small child win sometimes is kindness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «letting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/letting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.