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ad·mit    Audio Help   [ad-mit] Pronunciation Key verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
–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.
6.to acknowledge; confess: He admitted his guilt.
7.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]

ad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjective
ad·mit·ter, noun

1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge.
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ad·mit    Audio Help   (ād-mĭt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting, ad·mits

v.   tr.
  1. To permit to enter: A crack in the wall admitted some light.
  2. To provide the right or a means of entrance to: A ticket that admits the whole group.
  3. To permit to exercise the rights, functions, or privileges of: was admitted to the bar association.
  4. To have room for; accommodate.
  5. To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings.
  6. To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge: admit the truth. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
  7. To grant as true or valid, as for the sake of argument; concede.

v.   intr.
  1. To afford possibility: a problem that admits of no solution.
  2. To allow entrance; afford access: a door admitting to the hall.
  3. To make acknowledgment.


[Middle English amitten, admitten, from Old French amettre, admettre, from Latin admittere : ad-, ad- + mittere, to send.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
admit 
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."

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verb
1. 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
4. 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" 
7. 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
8. serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" 

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admit1 [ədˈmit] verbpast tense, past participle adˈmitted
to allow to enter
Example: This ticket admits one person.
Arabic: يَسْمَح بِالدُّخُول
Chinese (Simplified): 允许…进入
Chinese (Traditional): 允許…進入
Czech: vpustit
Danish: give adgang
Dutch: toelaten
Estonian: sissepääsu võimaldama
Finnish: päästää sisään, oikeuttaa sisäänpääsyyn
French: laisser entrer
German: Zutritt gewähren
Greek: επιτρέπω την είσοδο
Hungarian: beenged
Icelandic: heimila aðgang
Indonesian: dapat dipakai
Italian: far entrare*
Japanese: 入場を許可する
Korean: 들어갈 수단이 되다; 들이다
Latvian: ielaist
Lithuanian: leisti įeiti
Norwegian: slippe inn, gi adgang
Polish: umożliwiać wstęp
Portuguese (Brazil): admitir, permitir o ingresso
Portuguese (Portugal): admitir
Romanian: a permite accesul
Russian: впускать
Slovak: vpustiť
Slovenian: pripustiti
Spanish: admitir, permitir la entrada
Swedish: släppa in, anta
Turkish: içeri almak, kabul etmek
admit2 [ədˈmit] verb
to say that one accepts as true
Example: He admitted (that) he was wrong.
Arabic: يَعْتَرِف
Chinese (Simplified): 承认
Chinese (Traditional): 承認
Czech: připustit
Danish: indrømme
Dutch: toegeven
Estonian: möönma
Finnish: myöntää
French: reconnaître
German: zugeben
Greek: παραδέχομαι
Hungarian: beismer
Icelandic: viðurkenna
Indonesian: mengakui
Italian: ammettere, riconoscere
Japanese: 認める
Korean: 시인하다
Latvian: atzīt; piekrist
Lithuanian: pri(si)pažinti
Norwegian: innrømme
Polish: przyznawać
Portuguese (Brazil): admitir, reconhecer
Portuguese (Portugal): reconhecer
Romanian: a recunoaşte
Russian: признавать
Slovak: pripustiť, priznať, uznať
Slovenian: priznati
Spanish: admitir, reconocer
Swedish: medge
Turkish: kabul etmek, itiraf etmek
See also: admissible, admission, admittance, admittedly

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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>

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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