admit
[ ad-mit ]
/ ædˈmɪt /
verb (used with object), ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting.
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.
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Origin of admit
synonym study for admit
6. See acknowledge.
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admire, admiring, admissible, admission, admissive, admit, admittance, admittedly, admittee, admix, admixture
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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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