admit
Use Admit in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
2.
to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
3.
to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege: admitted to the bar.
4.
to permit; allow.
5.
to allow or concede as valid: to admit the force of an argument.
verb (used without object)
9.
to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
10.
to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of ): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
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Origin:
1375–1425; < Latin admittere, equivalent to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a-5 (instead of ad-) < Middle French amettre < Latin, as above
1375–1425; < Latin admittere, equivalent to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a-5 (instead of ad-) < Middle French amettre < Latin, as above
Related forms
ad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjective
ad·mit·ter, noun
half-ad·mit·ted, adjective
half-ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb
non·ad·mit·ted, adjective, noun
non·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb
pre·ad·mit, verb (used with object), pre·ad·mit·ted, pre·ad·mit·ting.
re·ad·mit, verb, re·ad·mit·ted, re·ad·mit·ting.
un·ad·mit·ted, adjective
un·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb
well-ad·mit·ted, adjective
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| —vb (when intr, | |
| 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. | ( |
| 5. | to allow (of); leave room (for) |
| 6. | (intr) to give access: the door admits onto the lawn |
| [C14: from Latin admittere to let come or go to, from ad- to + mittere to send] | |
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Word Origin & History
admit
early 15c., "let in," from L. admittere "to allow to enter, let in," from ad- "to" + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded 1530s. Related: Admittedly (1804).
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Example sentences
The highly permeable eggs and skin of frogs easily admit toxic substances.
He is willing to destroy our country rather than admit that he has made some major mistakes.
It's a bold cook who's willing to admit he or she likes to mix a packet of onion soup into a tub of sour cream for party dip.
He is the first to admit that such a program might not get the birth rate up much.
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