let's
Pronunciation: /lɛts/
The English word “let's” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
- Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
- Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
Etymology
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.
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More English words
- let us go
- let us see
- let well alone
- let well enough alone
- let's be having you
- let's dance
- let's face it
- let's get the party started
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