admit

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/ 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR admit

1 receive.

6 own, avow.

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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

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6. See acknowledge.

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

How to use admit in a sentence

It was “serendipity,” she laughs, admitting that the idea came to her while speaking to a client — a large, burly man crammed into a small, decorated closet space.
The Pandemic’s Unlikely Revelation: Closet Offices|Joshua Eferighe|November 17, 2020|Ozy
Although the man who named misophonia admits the name is imperfect.
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439)|Stephen J. Dubner|November 12, 2020|Freakonomics
When I asked LoTemplio what kinds of things she would want to learn by looking at the brain, she admitted that “some might argue you don’t even need to look at the brain if you’re just observing these kinds of cognitive improvements.”
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers|Grigori Guitchounts|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
In a recent interview, Luhnow maintained he would have stopped the cheating “had I known about it,” admitting “it was bad” and “shouldn’t have happened.”
Jeff Luhnow, fired as GM after sign-stealing scandal, sues Astros for $22 million|Cindy Boren|November 10, 2020|Washington Post

Point guard Kihei Clark participated in pickup games in Los Angeles, admitting it probably was a bit risky given social distancing protocols.
Pickup games, one-on-one and a wedding: How Virginia basketball spent the pandemic|Gene Wang|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
Klein paints a rosy picture of the charter schools, while admitting that not all outperformed traditional public schools.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last week, a British woman committed suicide after admitting she had harassed the McCanns online.
Does a Perv Know Maddie McCann’s Fate?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet, while admitting that TMZ sometimes performs a valuable public service, not everyone is an unalloyed fan.
How TMZ Claims Its Celebrity Scalps, Like Ray Rice|Lloyd Grove|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her achievements finally led the United States Polo Association to begin admitting women in 1972.
Breaking Polo's Grass Ceiling|Keli Goff|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beaird seemed to be either admitting perjury or committing it.
The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Were it so, there should be no ground for admitting the fact of any covenant even among men.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
In admitting a member, if no form of election has been prescribed, each candidate must be elected separately.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The company is composed of three contracting persons without admitting therein any other whatever.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The proceeding then is much like an equity trial with perhaps a wider latitude in admitting evidence bearing on the inquiry.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
He looked younger, too, and no one could help admitting that he had that grand air that denotes birth and breeding.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking

British Dictionary definitions for admit

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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