admit

[ ad-mit ]

/ ædˈmɪt /

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verb (used with object), ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting.

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 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.

verb (used without object), ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting.

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.

Words nearby admit

admire, admiring, admissible, admission, admissive, admit, admittance, admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture

Origin of admit

1375–1425; < Latin admittere, equivalent to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a-⁵ (instead of ad-) < Middle French amettre < Latin, as above

SYNONYMS FOR admit

1 receive.

6 own, avow.

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OTHER WORDS FROM admit

ad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjectivead·mit·ter, nounhalf-ad·mit·ted, adjectivehalf-ad·mit·ted·ly, adverb

non·ad·mit·ted, adjective, nounnon·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverbpre·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.un·ad·mit·ted, adjectiveun·ad·mit·ted·ly, adverbwell-ad·mit·ted, adjective

synonym study for admit

6. See acknowledge.

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Examples from the Web for admitting

Klein paints a rosy picture of the charter schools, while admitting that not all outperformed traditional public schools.
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Last week, a British woman committed suicide after admitting she had harassed the McCanns online.
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Yet, while admitting that TMZ sometimes performs a valuable public service, not everyone is an unalloyed fan.
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It starts with realizing and admitting that I might be infected.
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The first is admitting you “suffer” from same-sex attraction.
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Further, there is provided means for admitting air at will into the balloon, by which the necessity for much ballast is obviated.
The Dominion of the Air|J. M. Bacon
The Left Wingers have indeed been much more open in admitting their intentions to overthrow our government by force of arms.
The Red Conspiracy|Joseph J. Mereto
And admitting the government sponsored the project under wraps.
This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch
Openings, admitting a man sideways, are made in this fence, to allow the men on foot an escape when closely pursued by the bull.
Letters from Spain|Joseph Blanco White
Admitting the policy of this precaution, the merchants destroyed Jack's bonds before his eyes.
The Life Of Sir John Falstaff|Robert B. Brough

British Dictionary definitions for admitting

admit

/ (ədˈmɪt) /

verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted (mainly tr)

(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 accessthe door admits onto the lawn

Word Origin for admit

C14: from Latin admittere to let come or go to, from ad- to + mittere to send

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