LET IN

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I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

Example:

She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar

Synonyms:

admit; include; let in

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "let in" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

accept; admit; take; take on (admit into a group or community)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let in"):

induct; initiate (accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite)

readmit (admit again or anew)

involve (engage as a participant)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Allow to enter; grant entry to

Example:

This pipe admits air

Synonyms:

admit; allow in; intromit; let in

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "let in" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

admit (serve as a means of entrance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let in"):

repatriate (admit back into the country)

readmit (admit anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Credits

Context examples:

Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men; map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers and the agents of obscure enterprises.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I feared that the heavy odour would be too much for the dear child in her weak state, so I took them all away and opened a bit of the window to let in a little fresh air.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mr. Rochester drew back the thick curtain, drew up the holland blind, let in all the daylight he could; and I was surprised and cheered to see how far dawn was advanced: what rosy streaks were beginning to brighten the east. Then he approached Mason, whom the surgeon was already handling.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And now I see the outside of our house, with the latticed bedroom-windows standing open to let in the sweet-smelling air, and the ragged old rooks'-nests still dangling in the elm-trees at the bottom of the front garden.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I got with much difficulty out of my hammock, having first ventured to draw back the slip-board on the roof already mentioned, contrived on purpose to let in air, for want of which I found myself almost stifled.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

But when the disease was more stubborn and violent, he let in the muzzle while the bellows were full of wind, which he discharged into the body of the patient; then withdrew the instrument to replenish it, clapping his thumb strongly against the orifice of then fundament; and this being repeated three or four times, the adventitious wind would rush out, bringing the noxious along with it, (like water put into a pump), and the patient recovered.