admit
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 register (a person) as an inpatient at a hospital: After seeing the test results, the emergency room doctor admitted her and put her on intravenous fluids.
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.
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.
to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
Origin of admit
1synonym study For admit
Other words for admit
Other words from admit
- ad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjective
- ad·mit·ter, noun
- 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.
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How to use admit in a sentence
His life, as he himself admits, is all cricket from an early age.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player | William O’Connor | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe freely admits that she was using both to self-medicate after she lost her insurance.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“But bringing it to New York was a bit nerve-wracking,” he admits.
He was the commander of the ship when it crashed and he admits his decision to take the ship off course.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJanay admits that Baltimore Ravens officials urged her to apologize along with her husband.
Janay Rice: Ravens Fed Me Apology Script | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This process admits usually of several applications in the case of a long sentence.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)"Milor, the matter admits of no settlement," said the Breton menacingly, rising from his chair.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIn a moment more Phœbe and Alice were at the door which admits to a passage leading literally to the side of the house.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
The Lanercost chronicler admits that the Galwegians purchased peace, being unable to resist the forces of Bruce.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for admit
/ (ədˈmɪt) /
(may take a clause as object) to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
(may take a clause as object) to concede (the truth or validity of something)
to allow to enter; let in
(foll by to) to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of): to admit to the profession
(when intr, foll by of) to allow (of); leave room (for)
(intr) to give access: the door admits onto the lawn
Origin of admit
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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