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admit
[ ad-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
to admit a student to college.
Synonyms:
- to give right or means of entrance to:
This ticket admits two people.
- to register (a person) as an inpatient at a hospital:
After seeing the test results, the emergency room doctor admitted her and put her on intravenous fluids.
- to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:
admitted to the bar.
- to permit; allow.
- to allow or concede as valid:
to admit the force of an argument.
- to acknowledge; confess:
He admitted his guilt.
Synonyms: ,
- to grant in argument; concede:
The fact is admitted.
- to have capacity for:
This passage admits two abreast.
verb (used without object)
- to permit entrance; give access:
This door admits to the garden.
- to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of ):
The contract admits of no other interpretation.
admit
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- may take a clause as object to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
- may take a clause as object to concede (the truth or validity of something)
- to allow to enter; let in
- foll by to to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of)
to admit to the profession
- whenintr, foll by of to allow (of); leave room (for)
- intr to give access
the door admits onto the lawn
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··ٲ· ··پ· adjective
- ··ٱ noun
- ·· verb (used with object) preadmitted preadmitting
- ·· verb readmitted readmitting
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of admit1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Thanking fans following his gig in Dublin on Tuesday, the star responded on a video posted on his Instagram story, admitting it had been "a weird day".
He admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, however the prosecution rejected this plea.
Boneta sourcing solutions to professional obstacles from industry veterans he admires evinces a willingness to admit that he’s learning as he goes.
Singer Katy Perry has admitted feeling "battered and bruised" by the backlash following her recent space trip, but reassured fans she is OK as would "keep looking to the light".
A mental health trust has admitted its failure in the care of a 16-year-old inpatient led to her death.
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