admitted

[ad-mit-id]

adjective

1. allowed to enter; granted entrance or entry.

   Whether you’re a newly admitted freshman or a current student, we wish you a positive, rewarding experience at Brooks College.

   When the camera’s shutter is opened, the admitted light prints the image of the negative on the unexposed film.

2. registered as an inpatient in a hospital.

   Observation patients have higher out-of-pocket costs than admitted patients while in the hospital, including exorbitant charges for many drugs.

3. acknowledged; confessed.

   The previous manager was an admitted alcoholic and was let go.

4. (of an argument, evidence, fact, etc.) allowed or accepted as valid and relevant.

   Before deliberations begin, the attorneys should review the list of offered and admitted evidence and jointly agree on it.

5. permitted to exercise a certain function or privilege.

   She is an admitted lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate in law at the University of New South Wales.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of admit.

Other Word Forms

• half-admitted adjective
• half-admittedly adverb
• nonadmitted adjective
• nonadmittedly adverb
• unadmitted adjective
• unadmittedly adverb
• well-admitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of admitted¹

First recorded in 1535–45; admit ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; admit ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

“It’s not that good,” Alcaraz admitted of the deep buzz cut.

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He was admitted to the hospital, where he learned that shortness of breath he’d been feeling for a month was a bilateral pulmonary embolism, not just allergies.

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Many of the requirements in the compact have been talking points for the administration or included in executive actions, including the reporting of detailed admissions data that ensures students are admitted based on “objective criteria.”

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A college student who doesn’t eat meat because she loves animals admitted that she sometimes wears “cute” leather shoes.

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Google recently admitted that the Biden administration pressured the company to censor thousands of YouTube users for political speech.

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Related Words

• accepted 
• acknowledged 
• common 
• established 
• familiar 
• noted 
• notorious 
• obvious 
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• well-known