Fromlate +‎-en.

laten (third-person singular simple presentlatens,present participlelatening,simple past and past participlelatened)

1. (intransitive) To growlate; becomelater.
   • 1928,Siegfried Sassoon,The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 142 (Faber Paper 1972 edition):

     The afternoon waslatening, but there was, I think, a quietly commemorative glow from the west.

   • 1930, Alec Waugh,Three Score and Ten, page 3:

     Not even when the hourlatened, when the courts became filled with boys returning from their holidays, when the moment for saying "Good-bye" was only a few minutes distant, not even then did his high spirits leave him.

   • 2011, Catherine Winchester,Northern Light:

     Then he returned to Margaret's side and sat with her for the rest of the evening, insisting that she rest. As the hourlatened he kissed her on the cheek and got up to leave.

• Antle,ental,leant

• IPA^(key):/ˈlaːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation:la‧ten
• Rhymes:-aːtən

FromMiddle Dutchlaten, fromOld Dutchlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną.

laten

1. (copulative) toleave, to cause to remain in the same position or state

   Zelieten het zo.

   Theyleft it like that.

2. (auxiliary, with object) toleave, to allow toremain/continue to

   Laat dat daar maar liggen.

   Justleave it lying there.

3. (auxiliary, with object) tolet, toallow to

   Zelieten hem gaan.

   Theylet him go.

4. (auxiliary, with object) tocause to, tomake;creates acausative phrase.

   Hijliet zijn spullen op de grond vallen.

   He dropped his stuff on the ground.

   Laat me weten hoe laat je thuiskomt.

   Let me know at what time you'll come home.

5. (auxiliary, with object) tomay, tolet;forms anoptative phrase.

   Laat er licht zijn.

   Let there be light.

6. (auxiliary, with object) tomay, tolet;forms acohortative phrase.

   Laten ze een kuil graven.

   May they dig a hole.

   Laten we naar de bioscoop gaan!

   Let′s go to the cinema!

7. (transitive) to notdo, torefrain from

   Laat dat!

   Don't do that!

8. (transitive,Suriname,colloquial) toleave someone, to end a romantic relationship
   • 2019, A Sa Go,Mie Na Swit Kontretjie:

     Maar Clyde luister, luister, ik heb je je vrouw niet latenlaten.

     But Clyde, listen, listen, I didn't make youleave your wife.

• Afrikaans:laat
• Berbice Creole Dutch:latn
• Jersey Dutch:lâte
• Skepi Creole Dutch:at

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

laten

1. plural oflaat(“serf”)

• talen

laten

1. inflection oflatar:
   1. third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personpluralimperative
2. third-personpluralpresentindicative oflatir

Borrowed fromDutchlatent(“latent”), fromFrenchlatent(“latent”), fromLatinlatentem, present participle oflateo(“lie hidden”).

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key):/ˈlatɛn/[ˈla.t̪ɛn]
• Rhymes:-atɛn
• Syllabification:la‧ten

laten

1. latent

• “laten” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• låten(New Saxon Spelling)

FromOld Saxonlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną, fromProto-Indo-European*leh₁d-.

laten (past singularleet,past participlelaten,auxiliary verbhebben)

1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) toallow; topermit; tolet
2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) tohave someone (do something); to have (something done); tomake (something happen); tocause (something to be done)

   wat makenlaten ―to have something done

   een wat doonlaten ―to have someone do something

3. (transitive) tolet; toleave
4. (transitive) tostop (something); toquit; torefrain from; tohelp doing (something)
5. (intransitive) tocease; todesist

FromOld Dutchlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną.

lâten

1. toleave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
2. torelease
3. tolet, tolose(of bodily fluids)
4. toleave, to letremain, to leave behind
5. toleave, todepart from
6. to notdo, torefrain from
7. tostop doing, tocease doing
8. (auxiliary) toallow, to notprevent
9. (auxiliary) tocause to, tomake

• Dutch:laten
  • Afrikaans:laat
  • Berbice Creole Dutch:latn
  • Jersey Dutch:lâte
  • Skepi Creole Dutch:at
• Limburgish:laote

• “laten”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laten (I)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page I

laten

1. Alternative form ofLatyn

laten

1. Alternative form oflatoun

laten

1. third-personpluralpresentindicative oflatir

laten

1. definitesingular oflat

• ental,talen