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1. (v.t.) admit
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
to admit a student to college.
2. admit
to give the right or means of entrance to:
This ticket admits two people.
3. admit
to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:
to admit someone to the bar.
4. admit
to permit; allow.
5. admit
to allow or concede as valid:
to admit the force of an argument.
6. admit
to acknowledge; confess:
He admitted his guilt.
7. admit
to have capacity for:
The passage admits two abreast.
8. (v.i.) admit
to permit entrance; give access:
This door admits to the garden.
9. admit
to grant opportunity or permission; allow:
to admit of no other interpretation.
10. admit
to confess or make acknowledgment:
to admit to a crime.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME amitten < MF amettre < L admittere=ad-ad - +mittere to send, let go)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) admit, acknowledge
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
"He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
2. (verb) admit, allow in, let in, intromit
allow to enter; grant entry to
"We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
3. (verb) admit, let in, include
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
"admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
4. (verb) accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community
"accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
5. (verb) admit, allow
afford possibility
"This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
6. (verb) admit
give access or entrance to
"The French doors admit onto the yard"
7. (verb) accommodate, hold, admit
have room for; hold without crowding
"This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
8. (verb) admit
serve as a means of entrance
"This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
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1. (verb) admit
≠ deny
I admit that I was angry.; She finally admitted the truth.
2. admit
have to admit
indicates reluctance to admit sth
I have to admit, he can be funny.
3. admit
to say you did sth wrong; = confess
He admitted to his crimes.; She now admits her guilt.
4. admit
to allow sb to enter
Under 18s will not be admitted.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) admit
to suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
2. (verb) admit
to give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse
3. (verb) admit
to allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail
4. (verb) admit
to concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt
5. (verb) admit
to be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted
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Sense: to allow to enter
This ticket admits one person.
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 Afrikaans: is vir, geld vir |
 Arabic: يَسْمَح بِالدُّخُول |
 Bulgarian: допускам |
 Brazilian: admitir |
 Czech: vpustit |
 German: Zutritt gewähren |
 Danish: give adgang |
 Greek: επιτρέπω την είσοδο |
 Spanish: admitir, permitir la entr |
 Estonian: sissepääsu võimaldama |
 Farsi: اجازه دخول دادن |
 Finnish: myöntää pääsyoikeus |
 French: laisser entrer |
 Hebrew: לְהַכנִיס |
 Hindi: प्रवेश देना |
 Croatian: dopuštati |
 Hungarian: beenged |
 Indonesian: dapat dipakai |
 Icelandic: heimila aðgang |
 Italian: far entrare |
 Japanese: 入場を許可する |
 Korean: 입장을 허락하다 |
 Lithuanian: leistiįeiti |
 Latvian: ielaist |
 Malay: kebenaran masuk |
 Dutch: toelaten |
 Norwegian: slippe inn, gi adgang |
 Polish: umożliwiać wstęp |
 Persian: اجازه دخول دادن |
 Pashto: دننوتلو اجازه ورکول |
 Portuguese: admitir |
 Romanian: a permite accesul |
 Russian: впускать |
 Slovak: vpustiť |
 Slovenian: pripustiti |
 Serbian: primiti |
 Swedish: släppa in, anta |
 Thai: ยอมให้เข้า |
 Turkish: içeri almak, kabul etmek |
 Taiwanese: 允許...進入 |
 Ukrainian: впускати; приймати |
 Urdu: داخل ہونے کی اجازت دینا |
 Vietnamese: cho vào |
 Chinese: 允许...进入 |
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