let be

verb

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

“Will you never let me be?”

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Meanings

verblet be (third-person singular simple present lets be, present participle letting be, simple past and past participle let be)

present singular third person lets be · participle present letting be

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

    Will you never let me be?

    1 more example

    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.’

    1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 35
  2. archaicintransitiveTo stop, to stop doing something; to leave off (now used alone, formerly also + infinitive).

    Let be therefore my vengeaunce to disswade [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. mathematicsUsed to assign a value to a symbol.

    Let f be any real-valued function on I and g be any real-valued function on J.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
leave be

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 放任, 聽任 /听任
  • 放任 (fàngrèn)not disturb
  • 聽任 /听任 (tìngrèn)not disturb
  • 设...为used to assign a value
Danish lade være, lade være
  • lade værenot disturb
  • lade væreused to assign a value
Finnish antaa olla, jättää rauhaan
  • antaa ollanot disturb
  • jättää rauhaannot disturb
  • lakatastop
  • olkoonused to assign a value
French laisser tranquille, soit
  • laisser tranquillenot disturb
  • soitused to assign a value
  • soientused to assign a value
German in Ruhe lassen, sei
  • in Ruhe lassennot disturb
  • seiused to assign a value
Japanese 放っておく, ほっとく
  • 放っておく (hōtte oku)not disturb
  • ほっとく (hottoku)not disturb
  • とする (to suru)used to assign a value
Polish dawać spokój, dać spokój
  • dawać spokójnot disturb
  • dać spokójnot disturb
  • przestawaćstop
  • przestaćstop
  • niechused to assign a value
Romanian fie
  • fieused to assign a value
Russian оставля́ть в поко́е, оста́вить в поко́е
  • оставля́ть в поко́е (ostavljátʹ v pokóje)not disturb
  • оста́вить в поко́е (ostávitʹ v pokóje)not disturb
Scottish Gaelic leig le
  • leig lenot disturb
Turkish olsun
  • olsunused to assign a value
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APA

let be. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20be

MLA

“let be.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20be. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let be,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20be.

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