Let vs. Agreed — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Let and Agreed
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Let
To give permission or opportunity to; allow
I let them borrow the car. The inheritance let us finally buy a house. See Usage Note at leave1.
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Agreed
To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord
I agree with you on that. We agree in our taste in music.
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Let
To cause to; make
Let the news be known.
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Agreed
To express consent; concur
We agreed to her suggestion.
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Let
Used as an auxiliary in the imperative to express a command, request, or proposal
Let's finish the job! Let x equal y.
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Agreed
To accept or support a policy or program
I agree with the flat tax.
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Let
Used as an auxiliary in the imperative to express a warning or threat
Just let her try!.
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Agreed
To come to an understanding or agreement, as by negotiating
We agreed on the price.
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Let
To permit to enter, proceed, or depart
Let the dog in.
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Agreed
To be compatible or consistent
The copy agrees with the original. Your story agrees with mine.
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Let
To release from or as if from confinement
Let the air out of the balloon.
Let out a yelp.
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Agreed
To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful
Spicy food does not agree with me.
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Let
To rent or lease
Let rooms.
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Agreed
(Grammar) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
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Let
To award, especially after bids have been submitted
Let the construction job to a new firm.
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Agreed
To share an opinion about (something)
My doctor and I agree that I should quit smoking.
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Let
To become rented or leased.
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Agreed
To grant or concede
My parents agreed that we should be allowed to go. I agreed to help my parents clean the house.
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Let
To be or become assigned, as to a contractor.
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Agreed
Simple past tense and past participle of agree
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Let
To hinder or obstruct.
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Agreed
In harmony.
We are much more agreed on goals than on methods.
Grammarians are agreed that contact clauses are a paratactic construction of two independent clauses.
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Let
Something that hinders; an obstacle
Free to investigate without let or hindrance.
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Agreed
Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.
Totally agreed!
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Let
(Sports) An invalid stroke in tennis and other net games that requires a replay.
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Agreed
United by being of the same opinion;
Agreed in their distrust of authority
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Let
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent to}}.
After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
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Let
(transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
Let me be!
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Let
(transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
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Let
(transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.
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Let
(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
To let the building of a bridge;
To let out the lathing and the plastering
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Let
Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
Let's put on a show!
Let us have a moment of silence.
Let me just give you the phone number.
Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.
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Let
To cause + bare infinitive.
Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?
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Let
(archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
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Let
(obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
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Let
(obsolete) To tarry or delay.
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Let
The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
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Let
An obstacle or hindrance.
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Let
(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
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Let
To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
He was so strong that no man might him let.
He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Mine ancient wound is hardly whole,And lets me from the saddle.
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Let
To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.
Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.
Let me alone in choosing of my wife.
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Let
To consider; to think; to esteem.
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Let
To cause; to make; - used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
This irous, cursed wretchLet this knight's son anon before him fetch.
He . . . thus let do slay hem all three.
Anon he let two coffers make.
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Let
To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
Pharaoh said, I will let you go.
If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is.
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Let
To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; - often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
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Let
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; - often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
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Let
To forbear.
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Let
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.
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Let
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
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Let
The most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India;
Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus
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Let
A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
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Let
Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
This permits the water to rush in
This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement
This will permit the rain to run off
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Let
Actively cause something to happen;
I let it be known that I was not interested
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Let
Consent to, give permission;
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
I won't let the police search her basement
I cannot allow you to see your exam
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Let
Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
He got his squad on the ball
This let me in for a big surprise
He got a girl into trouble
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Let
Leave unchanged;
Let it be
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Let
Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;
I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners
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