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

He admitted to inflating campaign donations, stealing donor identities, and lying about his education and work history.

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He admitted to feeling that his home, where Antony's grandparents once lived, may have had an uncomfortable past.

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Santos, who admitted to stealing the identities of 11 people - including family members, is currently serving his sentence at a minimum-security jail in New Jersey.

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Fury, also 26, recently released his own BBC series, in which he denied those "disgusting" claims, but admitted that alcohol had "cost him his family".

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Earlier this year, the charity admitted that employees in a park it managed in the Republic of Congo had abused members of the local community, but refused to publish an independent report into the abuses.

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Related Words

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