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• let well alone — Well is normally considered here as a noun (‘what is well’), rather than an adverb. The proverb is also frequently found in the form leave well alone. c 1570 Scoggin’s Jests (1626) 76 The shomaker thought to make his house greater... They pulled… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• let — 1 /let/ verb past tense and past participle letpresent participle letting 1 ALLOW (transitive not in passive) a) to allow someone to do something: I wanted to go out but my Dad wouldn t let me. | let sb do sth: She won t let her children play by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alone */*/*/ — UK [əˈləʊn] / US [əˈloʊn] adjective, adverb Summary: Alone can be used in the following ways: as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house. as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone. ♦ He alone knows where the files are hidden …   English dictionary

• alone — 1 adjective 1 (not before noun) without any other people: She lives alone. | alone together (=if two people are alone together there is no one else in the place where they are): Suddenly they found themselves alone together in the room. 2 without …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alone — a|lone [ ə loun ] function word *** Alone can be used in the following ways: as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house. as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone. He alone knows where the files are hidden. 1. ) without… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• alone — a|lone W1S2 [əˈləun US əˈloun] adj, adv [not before noun] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: all one wholly one ] 1.) if you are alone in a place, there is no one with you = ↑by yourself ▪ She lives alone . ▪ You shouldn t leave a child alone in the house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alone — [ə lōn′] adj., adv. [ME < al, ALL + one, ONE] 1. apart from anything or anyone else [the hut stood alone on the prairie] 2. without involving any other person [to walk alone] 3. without anything further; with nothing more; only [the carton… …   English World dictionary

• let*/*/*/ — [let] (past tense and past participle let) verb 1) [T] to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something Alice s mum won t let her come with us.[/ex] I stepped back and let him pass.[/ex] The large windows let in a lot of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Alone — A*lone , a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [=a]n one, alone. See {All}, {One}, {Lone}.] 1. Quite by one s self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; applied to a person or thing. [1913 Webster] Alone on a wide, wide sea …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English