admission

[ ad-mish-uhn ]

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.

   Synonyms: access

3. the price paid for entrance, as to a theater or ball park.
4. an act or condition of being received or accepted in a position, profession, occupation, or office; appointment:

   admission to the bar.

5. confession of a charge, an error, or a crime; acknowledgment:

   His admission of the theft solved the mystery.

6. an acknowledgment of the truth of something.
7. a point or statement admitted; concession.

admission

/ ədˈmɪʃən /

noun

1. permission to enter or the right, authority, etc, to enter
2. the price charged for entrance
3. acceptance for a position, office, etc
4. a confession, as of a crime, mistake, etc
5. an acknowledgment of the truth or validity of something

Derived Forms

• adˈmissive, adjective

Other Words From

• nonad·mission noun
• proad·mission adjective
• read·mission noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of admission¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of admission¹

C15: from Latin admissiōn-, from admittere to admit

Synonym Study

See entrance ¹.

Example Sentences

Admission is free, but by invitation only, and advance RSVP is required.

From The Daily Beast

Then came the admission of a sham marriage with an immigrant.

From The Daily Beast

He said it did not matter that today ISIS and al Qaeda were, by their own admission, two distinct entities.

From The Daily Beast

No such admission has not come from Thomas Jackson, the Ferguson police chief.

From The Daily Beast

He gestures to such emotions, grapples with them, but a direct engagement—an open admission such as this—is rare.

From The Daily Beast

He had got his ticket of admission to the Casino, after arriving yesterday evening; but the Rooms had not pleased him then.

From Project Gutenberg

In the good old days of yore there was little trouble in obtaining admission to the Civil Service.

From Project Gutenberg

But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.

From Project Gutenberg

Such an admission, coming from her brave lips, warned Frank that he must call a halt regardless of loss of time.

From Project Gutenberg

The pole was raised by the admission of the strong steam under its bottom.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accession
• admittance
• assertion
• concession
• confirmation
• disclosure
• revelation
• statement
• testimony