let's
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let's
- /lɛts/
Rhymes with -ɛts
Where it comes from
Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons) and Swedish låt oss.
verb let’s · let us · le'ss
- Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages. Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
- Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: let us, accept, allow, breathe, can, enable, fall, hire, lease, leased, leaving, letted, letting, loose, may, must
Translations
Talk about this word "let's." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/let's. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. let's. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/let's "let's." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/let's.Cite this
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title = {let's},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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