to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
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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.
6.
to acknowledge; confess: He admitted his guilt.
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to grant in argument; concede: The fact is admitted.
8.
to have capacity for: This passage admits two abreast.
–verb (used without object)
9.
to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
10.
to grant opportunity or permission (usually fol. by of): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
[Origin: 1375–1425; < L admittere, equiv. to ad-ad-+ mittere to send, let go; r. late ME amitte, with a-a-5(instead of ad-) < MF amettre < L, as above]
—Related forms
ad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjective
ad·mit·ter, noun
—Synonyms 1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge.
1413, "let in," from L. admittere, from ad- "to" + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded 1532. Admittance is from 1589, "the action of admitting."
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [ant: deny]
2.
allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" [ant: refuse]
3.
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [ant: exclude]
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admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: accept]
5.
afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
6.
give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
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have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: accommodate]
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serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
Main Entry: ad·mit Function: verb Inflected Forms: ad·mit·ted; ad·mit·ting transitive verb 1: to concede as true
or valid : make an admission of 2: to allow to be entered or offered <admitted the document into evidence> <admit a will to probate> intransitive
verb : to make acknowledgment —used with to <admits to the murder>
Ad*mis"si*ble\, a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis. See Admit.] Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
Ad*mis"sion\, n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.]1. The act or practice of admitting. 2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. What numbers groan for sad admission there! --Young. 3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something ?serted; acknowledgment; concession. The too easy admission of doctrines. --Macaulay. 4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. 5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence. 6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. --Shipley. Syn: Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.
Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Admitting.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See Missile.]1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause. 2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse. 3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail. 4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt. 5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume.
Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, Message, Mission.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. --Pope.
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