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The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
Felicity Huffman

Meaning of "let up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LET UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LET UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Let up is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb let up in English.

WHAT DOES LET UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of let up in the English dictionary

The first definition of let up in the dictionary is to diminish, slacken, or stop. Other definition of let up is to be less harsh. Let up is also a lessening or abatement.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LET UP

PRESENT

Present
I let up
you let up
he/she/it lets up
we let up
you let up
they let up
Present continuous
I am letting up
you are letting up
he/she/it is letting up
we are letting up
you are letting up
they are letting up
Present perfect
I have let up
you have let up
he/she/it has let up
we have let up
you have let up
they have let up
Present perfect continuous
I have been letting up
you have been letting up
he/she/it has been letting up
we have been letting up
you have been letting up
they have been letting up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I let up
you let up
he/she/it let up
we let up
you let up
they let up
Past continuous
I was letting up
you were letting up
he/she/it was letting up
we were letting up
you were letting up
they were letting up
Past perfect
I had let up
you had let up
he/she/it had let up
we had let up
you had let up
they had let up
Past perfect continuous
I had been letting up
you had been letting up
he/she/it had been letting up
we had been letting up
you had been letting up
they had been letting up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will let up
you will let up
he/she/it will let up
we will let up
you will let up
they will let up
Future continuous
I will be letting up
you will be letting up
he/she/it will be letting up
we will be letting up
you will be letting up
they will be letting up
Future perfect
I will have let up
you will have let up
he/she/it will have let up
we will have let up
you will have let up
they will have let up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been letting up
you will have been letting up
he/she/it will have been letting up
we will have been letting up
you will have been letting up
they will have been letting up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would let up
you would let up
he/she/it would let up
we would let up
you would let up
they would let up
Conditional continuous
I would be letting up
you would be letting up
he/she/it would be letting up
we would be letting up
you would be letting up
they would be letting up
Conditional perfect
I would have let up
you would have let up
he/she/it would have let up
we would have let up
you would have let up
they would have let up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been letting up
you would have been letting up
he/she/it would have been letting up
we would have been letting up
you would have been letting up
they would have been letting up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you let up
we let´s let up
you let up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to let up
Past participle
let up
Present Participle
letting up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LET UP

let in on
let into
let loose
let off
let off steam
let on
let one´s hair down
let oneself go
let out
let rip
let sleeping dogs lie
let slide
let slip
let slip through one´s fingers
let someone have it
let someone off with
let the cat out of the bag
let the grass grow under one´s feet
let through
let-out

WORDS THAT END LIKE LET UP

beat up
cut up
eat up
front up
get up
het up
keep it up
light up
lit up
live it up
mix it up
put one´s feet up
put up
set up
shoot up
shut up
sit up
split up
start up
straight up

Synonyms and antonyms of let up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LET UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «let up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of let up

Translation of «let up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LET UP

Find out the translation of let up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of let up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «let up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

松懈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cejar
570 millions of speakers

English

let up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चलो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتوقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

унимался
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deixar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছেড়ে দাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laisser en place
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Biarkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lassen sich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

やむ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ayo munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தணிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोडून द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sakinleşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mollare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niech się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вгамовувався
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hai sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ας μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laat up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

låt upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

la opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of let up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LET UP»

The term «let up» is regularly used and occupies the 57.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LET UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «let up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «let up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about let up

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5 QUOTES WITH «LET UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word let up.
1
Tracy Austin
To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
2
Ralph Bunche
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
3
Felicity Huffman
The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
4
Rod Laver
The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.
5
Scott Rudin
I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LET UP»

Discover the use of let up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to let up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
The end of the bent tube was then introduced within the cylindrical glass, and kept there till a sufficient quantity of fixed air was let up. After letting it stand a few hours, the division answering to the surface of the quicksilver in the cylinder was  ...
Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson, 1809
2
The Two-word Verb: A Dictionary of the Verb-preposition ...
let up 1. T (1) Let me up! [Let me get up from the ground (the floor, etc.).] Said by a person who is being held down by another. 2. I (13) The rain (the snow, the hail, the wind, etc.) is letting up. [It is about to stop.] 3. I (13) Informal. That man is a ...
George A. Meyer, 1975
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1763-1769: 1763-1769
The end of the bent tube was then introduced within the cylindrical glass, and kept there-till a sufficient quantity of fixed air was let up. After letting it stand a few hours, the division answering to the. surface of the quicksilver in the cylinder was  ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw, 1809
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
2 Someone is let off work or duties when they are told they do not have to do them: I'll let you off your essay so that you can catch up on your reading. 3 You let off a gun when you fire it; you let off a bomb when you make it explode. let up 1 ...
‎1996
5
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'let-up nc a stopping of something by making less violent etc: There was no sign of a let-up in the storm. - See also let up below. let alone (someone or something) not to mention (someone rtt ); without taking (someone t-tc) into consideration ...
6
The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish ...
absorbed, and also how much water had been introduced: the division answering to the surface of the water telling how much air remained not absorbed, and the difference of the two divisions telling how much water had been let up.
Henry Cavendish, 196
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The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
... down or come down to a lower price. / won't buy her car unless she comes down to $ 12,000. The union won't come down a nickel in its salary demands. Infinitive 1. let up (on) p.v. When something becomes less strong, less intense, or less ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009
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English-Amharic Context Dictionary
The police wouldn't let us through. ;*"A.rV □ MAA«P ' JtA7 let up 1. n/J? hti. The storm has let up. *ia>-A» ' V4«A- ' ' -flA.A 2. ^"fl ' JiA. Will the rain ever let up? , £if7 1110- « p-fl s flAoW 3. They refused to let up in the fight. £"»fl ' hi-i-ahr -fiAa>- ...
Wolf Leslau, 1973
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
3 he relaxed his grip on the mug: loosen, loose, slacken, unclench, weaken, lessen, let up, reduce, diminish. wANTONYMS tighten. 4 she felt her tense muscles relax: become less tense, become less stiff/rigid, loosen, slacken, ease, unknot.
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Idioms and Phrases
Let the side down Give an inferior performance and disappoint one 's colleagues, team-mates etc. His indifferent stroke at a crucial stage let his side down and led to its defeat. Let up Become less wrong; Diminution There has been rain for ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LET UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term let up is used in the context of the following news items.
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No let up in corruption fight: Party chief - Politics & Laws | Politics …
HA NOI (VNS) — Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated on Saturday that the Party and the State will sustain the fight against ... «Viet Nam News, Jul 15»
2
Winter Cup plans thrown into turmoil by abandonments
"North and South is pretty clean winded, but Authentic Paddy has only had two starts back from a let up and being a five-year-old needs to be ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Aussies won't let up - Hazlewood | Cricket - EatSleepSport
Aussies won't let up - Hazlewood. Last Updated: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:18. Cricket. Australia's Josh Hazlewood is adamant his side will be looking to drive home ... «EatSleepSport, Jul 15»
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Heat not expected to let up for the midstate Sunday | PennLive.com
Heat not expected to let up for the midstate Sunday. weather.jpg. Print Email · Rachel Bunn | rbunn@pennlive.com By Rachel Bunn ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
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Let-up in flood fury
There is let up in the state's overall flood scene. The water levels of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries started receding from last night ... «Assam Times, Jul 15»
6
The rain keeps coming with no let up through the weekend
Our typical summer pattern is anything but that thus far. High pressure which is usually anchored off the Carolina coast has been stuck to our ... «WWSB ABC 7, Jul 15»
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Protests continue with no let up ; Dy CM urges dialogue to resolve …
Imphal, July 17 2015 : Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam has called upon all concerned to come forward for a dialogue in order resolve all issues related to the ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
8
No let up in Cumbernauld newsletter row
A Cumbernauld councillor claims that the council is trying to gag his newsletter while funding another publication which was given a forum to ... «Cumbernauld News, Jul 15»
9
Rebel councillors don't let up on transportation strategy
Rebel councillors don't let up on transportation strategy. By: Kristin Annable Posted: 07/15/2015 7:29 AM | Last Modified: 07/15/2015 9:19 AM | Updates ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
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Another View: California can't let up on climate change
Over the last decade since California passed Assembly Bill 32, the state's landmark climate change law, there have been a stream of naysayers ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»

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