Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

let be

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.57 in modern English

Syllables: let be
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).

Transitive verb

verb

To stop, to stop doing something; to leave off (now used alone, formerly also + infinitive).

Archaic; Intransitive verb

verb

Used to assign a value to a symbol.

Example Sentences

"Will you never let me be?"
"Another answers, ‘Let him be, ⁠He loves to make parade of pain, ⁠That with his piping he may gain The praise that comes to constancy.’"
"Let be therefore my vengeaunce to disswade [...]."
"Let f be any real-valued function on I and g be any real-valued function on J."

Usage

Inflected Forms

lets be (present, singular) letting be (participle, present)

Phrases

leaves of three, let it be let it be

Questions

What does let be mean?: To not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone (see let it be).

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