{
  "id": "let.permission",
  "term": "let",
  "sense": "permission",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 8,
  "arena": "allow",
  "domain": "action.deed",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to give control to another",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "give.transfer",
      "control.ability"
    ],
    "interaction": "the give gives another control",
    "novel_properties": [
      "permission",
      "voluntary allowance"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2012, the FDA approved naloxone distribution to bystanders to reverse opioid overdoses.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Linux kernel lets non-core developers commit patches after peer review.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "A parent signs a school trip permission slip for their child to board the bus.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "action.deed",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a kind of action"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "allow.permission",
    "browser.software",
    "release.general"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "let",
    "lets",
    "letting"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-let.permission"
}