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verb (used with object)

to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.

to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.

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.

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to acknowledge; confess: He admitted his guilt.

to grant in argument; concede: The fact is admitted.

to have capacity for: This passage admits two abreast.

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verb (used without object)

to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.

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to grant opportunity or permission (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

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

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non·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb

pre·ad·mit, verb (used with object), -mit·ted, -mit·ting.

re·ad·mit, verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting.

un·ad·mit·ted, adjective

un·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb

well-ad·mit·ted, adjective

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Synonyms
1. receive. 6. own, avow. See acknowledge.

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Example Sentences

Two men upset over drug trafficking in their neighborhood admit they have set fires to drive out crack dealers.

Ask students to admit the truth of why they don't get their work done, not supply them with excuses.

I'll again admit that being a matter of taste, not grammar.

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Two men upset over drug trafficking in their neighborhood admit they have set fires to drive out crack dealers.

Ask students to admit the truth of why they don't get their work done, not supply them with excuses.

I'll again admit that being a matter of taste, not grammar.

Robinson smiles, as if to admit the absurdity of a man jumping into a bear fight.

Sorry you have to first admit to all of the above if you want people not see you as a hypocrite.

We need to admit that there are natural cycles and fire is one of them.

Deciduous trees will give you shade in summer, then admit the sun after their leaves drop in fall.

Corporations rarely, if ever, admit liability when settling cases.

Moreover, colleges have few incentives to admit students from community colleges.

Some collectors are too proud to admit that they have been duped.

The highly permeable eggs and skin of frogs easily admit toxic substances.

Roughly a fifth to a quarter of men surveyed admit to cheating.

And, you admit that the idea of breakfast served in bed is old fashioned.

Admit you can picture yourself under these leaves--sitting cross-legged, palms up, practicing your mantra perhaps.

Nearly every city dweller looks in the windows of apartments they stroll past, even if they won't admit it.

Nothing is more beautiful than to admit the truth, or more difficult.

In fact the authors admit they don't know why the concentrations are what they are.

The recipients tend to admit they wouldn't have had the money to build the plants without federal help.

Both freely admit they have not solved mystery-but let's close by looking briefly at the remaining puzzles and leading theories.

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.

And you have to admit that it isn't every winter that you get to see chunks of burning birch flying through the air.

It is absolutely mind-boggling to see the chasms theorists are willing to leap in order to not admit the obvious.

Of the five students, three of us have zero experience and admit to some fear of heights or water.

And yet she would never admit that she had any proof of anything.

He needs some kind of intervention,because he seems to be unwilling to admit that he has a problem.

We need to admit that have to be better advocates of our own health.

Today courts rarely admit brain scans as evidence at trial for both legalistic and scientific reasons.

Congressional leaders admit the special committee on deficit reduction failed to reach a deal.

So why do so few of them publicly admit that they wanted the.

Admit them as guest workers who can participate in the economy but not the polity.

If you have a pre-1994 model, adjust your float valve so it will admit less water into the toilet's tank.

He is willing to destroy our country rather than admit that he has made some major mistakes.

Even fervent advocates admit much remains to be done to convince sceptical managers of their value.

Sight works when eyes admit light and focus the rays on some type of detector so that the brain can recognize images.

According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they've engaged in.

They readily admit that pollution is poisoning the country's water resources, air and soil.

They were the first to admit there is still a long way to go and no time to waste.

Admit it: at some point in your life, you've been completely obsessed.

At the time, the journalists were wondering why he wasn't going to admit that he was gay.

Scholars can admit the limitations of their knowledge when answers are elusive.

At the reception desk, a mother pleads with staff to admit her son.

They drove a company to bankruptcy on junk science, only to admit a decade or so later that they were wrong.

Police admit that enforcing such laws is problematic at best.

Still other colleges continue to admit significant shares of students from modest means.

But even hard-hit businesses admit it has done some good.

Nobody wants to come out of the closet and admit they're a hand-fisherman".

Plastic drums admit a small amount of oxidation, but not enough to affect the oil as long as the drums are filled to the top.

Admit it, apartment dwellers, you'd have fixed that showerhead by now if you didn't need to search for the right tools.

Demonstrate and admit the lack of agreement between students and faculty.

The government still does not admit it has been made and refuses to comment directly.

The study authors themselves admit the case is far from closed.

Just over half admit to cheating in one way or another using their devices.

Yet politicians and central bankers are reluctant to admit to home-grown frailties.

People readily admit that they're praying the big brown monster stays away.

No one would admit new drugs to enter the market without prior testing.

To do otherwise is irresponsible and refusing to admit to some difficult and uncomfortable facts.

The researchers admit that they did not conduct a postmortem on any of the deceased.

But when you see a beautiful blue planet you refuse to admit it was created.

For one thing, many respondents may not want to admit to road rage because it is socially undesirable.

Science is leading us closer to having to admit that something much beyound us must exist.

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World English Dictionary

admit (ədˈmɪt)

—vb (when intr, foll by of) , -mits, -mitting, -mitted
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.	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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"Henry B. Adams was the first in an infinite series to discover and admit to himself that he really did not care whether truth was, or was not, true. He did not even care that it should be proved true, unless the process were new and amusing. He was a Darwinian for fun."

-Henry Brooks Adams

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