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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

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
Related formsad·mit·ta·ble, ad·mit·ti·ble, adjectivead·mit·ter, nounhalf-ad·mit·ted, adjectivehalf-ad·mit·ted·ly, adverbnon·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

Synonyms for admit

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1. receive. 6. own, avow.

Synonym study

6. See acknowledge.
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Examples from the Web for admitting

Contemporary Examples of admitting

Historical Examples of admitting

  • Experts, however, while admitting Sandy's general genius, did not go so far as this.

  • Mortimer compromised by admitting that he had probably forgotten it.

    Thoroughbreds

    W. A. Fraser

  • I have no hesitation whatever in admitting that I have mine.

    Her Father's Daughter

    Gene Stratton-Porter

  • He longed to hear Hinde admitting that he had been mistaken in John's quality.

    The Foolish Lovers

    St. John G. Ervine

  • Roden led the way into the house, admitting himself with a latch-key.

    Roden's Corner

    Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for admitting

admit

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for admitting

admit

v.

late 14c., "let in," from Latin admittere "to allow to enter, let in, let come, give access," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Admitted; Admitting.

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