admission

[ ad-mish-uhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of foreign aid workers into the zone of active conflict.

  2. right or permission to enter: granting admission to the rare books room.

  1. the price paid for entrance, as to a theater or ball park.

  2. an act or condition of being received or accepted in a position, profession, occupation, or office; appointment: admission to the bar.

  3. confession of a charge, an error, or a crime; acknowledgment: His admission of the theft solved the mystery.

  4. an acknowledgment of the truth of something.

  5. a point or statement admitted; concession.

Origin of admission

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French and Latin admissiōn- (stem of admissiō ), equivalent to admiss-, past participial stem of the verb admittere admit + -iōn- -ion

synonym study For admission

1. See entrance1.

Other words for admission

Other words from admission

  • non·ad·mis·sion, noun
  • pro·ad·mis·sion, adjective
  • re·ad·mis·sion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for admission

admission

/ (ədˈmɪʃən) /


noun
  1. permission to enter or the right, authority, etc, to enter

  2. the price charged for entrance

  1. acceptance for a position, office, etc

  2. a confession, as of a crime, mistake, etc

  3. an acknowledgment of the truth or validity of something

Origin of admission

1
C15: from Latin admissiōn-, from admittere to admit

Derived forms of admission

  • admissive, adjective

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