to be
- verb
- /bi/
- There's been some very generous alumni endowments since these boys stepped foot on this campus.
- let things be
Examples
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In Danisha's school, there is a small percentage of African-American teachers of gifted students.
Academic text (1998) -
As such, we expected there to be collateral intervention effects for the TD sample.
Academic text (2013) -
But there would not be anything there without the light of the moon.
Fiction book (1994) -
The boy thought that there must be a secret between them.
Fiction book (2000) -
There may be some matches over there.
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We both knew, from day one... there would be complications.
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Otherwise, there will be no more food in the house, and we will starve.
Fiction book (2000) -
For example, there should be enough moisture to keep ammonia in solution.
Academic text (1999) -
But, in fact, there may be many reasons why particular students have difficulty becoming connected knowers.
Academic text (2000) -
Please allow the children to be free to explore their creativity.
Synonyms
To remain in one place and not leave
To avoid touching and disturbing a person, animal or object
To not take or change something so it stays where it is
Choose not to touch or change something
To let something stay as it is without changing it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To act as if you are better than other people because of your money or taste
- Informal
To imagine being in another person's situation to understand how they feel
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To help and support someone when they are going through a hard time
- Offensive
Work during a strike while other workers protest, making the strike weaker
Compounds
- Informal
A joking name for a woman whose real name people avoid saying
Surface Forms
Etymology
Be comes from old verbs beon ('to become') and wesan ('to exist'), and the 'to exist' sense explains 'let it be' as a simple idea: let it stay or continue to 'exist' as it is.