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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 byof ).
The contract admits of no other interpretation.
admit
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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
to allow (of); leave room (for)
(intr) to give access
the door admits onto the lawn
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- admittable adjective
- admittible adjective
- admitter noun
- preadmit verb (used with object)
- readmit verb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of admit1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Fire crews arrived a short time later, but Mr Gibson admitted he was worried about being forced into a life or death choice.
The hospital admitted him under a name the English-speaking world has used for centuries when a legal name canāt be verified: John Doe.
"How many games have I commentated on? I haven't got a clue," he admits.
Mr Omar, from the mayor's office, admits this was the case until three years ago - and says nothing can be done about those buildings.
"To hold them out at half-time, credit to the lads for putting their heads in where you wouldn't put a shovel, the mental lift that gave us was huge," he admitted.
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