let's

[ lets ]

1. contraction of let us.

LETS

¹

/ lɛts /

acronym for

1. Local Exchange and Trading System: an economic system in which members of a community exchange goods and services using a cashless local currency

let's

²

/ lɛts /

contraction of

1. let us: used to express a suggestion, command, etc, by the speaker to himself and his hearers

Usage Note

See contraction, let ¹.

Example Sentences

Now, his new book “The Bulletproof Diet,” claims to offer a weight loss solution that lets you have your butter, and eat it too.

From The Daily Beast

But sometimes, the quest for facts lets us down, or leads us astray, and leaves us worse off than before, not better.

From The Daily Beast

Rob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.

From The Daily Beast

He lets it roll and then pokes it between two defenders to a teammate, darting inside towards the top of the box.

From The Daily Beast

It lets conservatives seem responsive without giving more power to the Justice Department.

From The Daily Beast

And now that hes thoroughly up to it, lets have some supper, and get a snooze afore starting.

From Project Gutenberg

So whilst we was eatin' breakfast I begins t' quiz, an', one way an' another, lets on I wanted t' see that Injun scout.

From Project Gutenberg

Lets combine a flying machine with an iceboat and beat out everybody on the lake this winter!

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes Jehosophat's father opens the gate in the fence and lets the geese wander down to the pond.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus fortified with wisdom, he calmly looks the evil in the face, and lets it not disturb his little jog-trot existence.

From Project Gutenberg