admittable
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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