Letted vs Netted - What's the difference?

letted | netted |

As verbs the difference between letted and netted

is that letted is simple past of let; hindered while netted is past tense of net.

letted

English

Verb

(head)

(archaic) (let); hindered.

let

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) leten, .

Verb

(label) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without (to)).

*(Bible), (w) viii. 28

*:Pharaoh said, I will let you go.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is

*1971 , , (The Tombs of Atuan)

*:He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.

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To leave.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, / But to her mother Nature all her care she lets .

(label) To allow the release of (a fluid).

(label) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

(label) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out .

(label)

To cause (+ bare infinitive).

Soo within a whyle kynge Pellinore cam with a grete hoost / and salewed the peple and the kyng / and ther was grete ioye made on euery syde / Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne / And ther were founde but lytel past two honderd men slayne and viij kny?tes of the table round in their pauelions

*1818 , (John Keats), "To—":

*:Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand.

Synonyms

* (to allow) allow, permit

Usage notes

The use of "let" to introduce an imperative may sometimes be confused with its use, as its own imperative , in the sense of "to allow". For example, the sentence "Let me go to the store." could either be a second-person imperative of "let" (addressing someone who might prevent the speaker from going to the store) or a first-person singular imperative of "go" (not implying any such preventer).

Etymology 2

(etyl) . More at late, delay.

Verb

(archaic) To hinder, prevent; to obstruct (someone or something).

* Bible, 2. Thessalonians ii. 7

He who now letteth' will ' let , until he be taken out of the way.

* Tennyson

Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle.

(obsolete) To prevent or obstruct (to) do something, or (that) something happen.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts VIII:

And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?

Noun

(en noun)

An obstacle or hindrance.

*, II.16:

*:Paulus Emilius'' going to the glorious expedition of ''Macedon'', advertised the people of ''Rome'' during his absence not to speake of his actions: ''For the licence of judgements is an especiall let in great affaires.

*Latimer

*:Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not.

(tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

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netted

English

Verb

(head)

(net)

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net

English

(NET)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A mesh of string, cord or rope.

A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

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A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

(by extension) A trap.

* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.

A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.

(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC

, title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}

(sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

Synonyms

* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) network

Derived terms

* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety net

Verb

(nett)

To catch by means of a net.

(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

* Sir Walter Scott

And now I am here, netted and in the toils.

To enclose or cover with a net.

to net a tree

(football) To score (a goal).

Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]

Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.

(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.

* {{quote-news

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To form network or netting; to knit.

Synonyms

* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).

Alternative forms

* nett

Adjective

(-)

(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:

Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright

Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

net wine

Remaining after expenses or deductions.

net''' profit''; '''''net weight

Final; end.

net''' result''; '''''net conclusion

Derived terms

* net income * net loss * net weight

Adverb

(-)

after expenses or deductions

You'll have $5000 net .

(after expenses or deductions) * German: (t) (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

Noun

(en noun)

The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Verb

(nett)

To receive as profit.

The company nets $30 on every sale.

To yield as profit for.

The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

To fully hedge a position.

Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

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