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admit

[ ad-mit ]

verb (used with object)

admitted, admitting.
  1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:

    to admit a student to college.

    Synonyms:

  2. to give right or means of entrance to:

    This ticket admits two people.

  3. 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.

  4. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:

    admitted to the bar.

  5. to permit; allow.
  6. to allow or concede as valid:

    to admit the force of an argument.

  7. to acknowledge; confess:

    He admitted his guilt.

    Synonyms: ,

  8. to grant in argument; concede:

    The fact is admitted.

  9. to have capacity for:

    This passage admits two abreast.



verb (used without object)

admitted, admitting.
  1. to permit entrance; give access:

    This door admits to the garden.

  2. to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of ):

    The contract admits of no other interpretation.

admit

/ əˈɪ /

verb

  1. may take a clause as object to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
  2. may take a clause as object to concede (the truth or validity of something)
  3. to allow to enter; let in
  4. foll by to to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of)

    to admit to the profession

  5. whenintr, foll by of to allow (of); leave room (for)
  6. intr to give access

    the door admits onto the lawn

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··ٲ· ··پ· adjective
  • ··ٱ noun
  • ·· verb (used with object) preadmitted preadmitting
  • ·· verb readmitted readmitting
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admit1

First recorded in 1375–1425; from Latin admittere, from ad- ad- + mittere “to send, let go”; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a- 5 instead of ad-, from Middle French amettre, from Latin, as above
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admit1

C14: from Latin admittere to let come or go to, from ad- to + mittere to send
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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".

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He admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, however the prosecution rejected this plea.

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Boneta sourcing solutions to professional obstacles from industry veterans he admires evinces a willingness to admit that he’s learning as he goes.

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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".

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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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