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  • let's
    let's
    contraction of let us.
  • LETS
    LETS
    acronym
    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

American  
[lets] / lɛts /
  1. contraction of let us.


LETS 1 British  
/ lɛts /

acronym

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

let's 2 British  
/ lɛts /

contraction

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Usage

See contraction, let 1.

Example Sentences

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Or, let’s say “You Can See Everything” has opened your eyes to all of the different, strange and unwieldy forms a documentary can take.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

So like a salmon swimming up an icy Alaskan stream, let’s dive in.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

So let’s look closer at what Anthropic has to say for itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Of course, it might seem a little tiresome looking back at how things were 20 years ago, so let's not.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Now let’s say there’s a monkey out there and you want to catch him,” he said, making a long swipe at an imaginary monkey.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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