Definitions for admit
ædˈmɪtad·mit

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. admit, acknowledgeverb

   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. admit, allow in, let in, intromitverb

   allow to enter; grant entry to

   "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"

3. admit, let in, includeverb

   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. accept, admit, take, take onverb

   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. admit, allowverb

   afford possibility

   "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

6. admitverb

   give access or entrance to

   "The French doors admit onto the yard"

7. accommodate, hold, admitverb

   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. admitverb

   serve as a means of entrance

   "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. admitverb

   To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

2. admitverb

   To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

3. admitverb

   To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

4. admitverb

   To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

   the words do not admit such a construction.

5. admitverb

   to give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of)

6. admitverb

   To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

7. Etymology: From admitten, amitten, from admettre, amettre, from admitto, from ad- + mittere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To ADMITverb

   Etymology: admitto, Lat.

   1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance.

   Does not one table Bavius still admit?

   2. To suffer to enter upon an office; in which sense, the phrase of admission into a college, &c. is used.

   The treasurer found it no hard matter so far to terrify him, that, for the king’s service, as was pretended, he admitted, for a six-clark, a person recommended by him. Edward Hyde.

   3. To allow an argument or position.

   Suppose no weapon can thy valour’s pride
   Subdue, that by no force thou may’st be won,
   Admit no steel can hurt or wound thy side,
   And be it heav’n hath thee such favour done. Edward Fairfax, b. ii.

   This argument is like to have the less effect on me, seeing I cannot easily admit the inference. John Locke.

   4. To allow, or grant in general; sometimes with the particle of.

   If you once admit of a latitude, that thoughts may be exalted, and images raised above the life, that leads you insensibly from your own principles to mine. John Dryden, on Heroic Poetry.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Admitverb

   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. Admitverb

   to give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse

3. Admitverb

   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. Admitverb

   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. Admitverb

   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

6. Etymology: [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See Missile.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Admit

   ad-mit′, v.t. to allow to enter: to let in: to concede: to acknowledge: to be capable of:—pr.p. admit′ting; pa.p. admit′ted.—n. Admissibil′ity.—adj. Admis′sible, that may be admitted or allowed (generally, or specially as legal proof).—ns. Admis′sion, Admit′tance, the act of admitting: anything admitted or conceded: leave to enter.—adj. Admit′table, that may be admitted.—adv. Admit′tedly. [Through Fr. from L. admittĕre, -missum—ad, to, mittĕre, to send.]

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Serve
   • Take

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'admit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2877

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'admit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1699

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'admit' in Verbs Frequency: #204

Anagrams for admit »

1. atmid

How to pronounce admit?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of admit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of admit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of admit in a Sentence

1. Uhuru Kenyatta:

   There are some things that we must admit we don't share – our culture, our societies don't accept.

2. Bryce Komenda:

   It takes a big man to admit he's small

3. Rodan of Alexandria:

   Only a brave person is willing to honestly admit, and fearlessly to face, what a sincere and logical mind discovers.

4. Andrew Gillum:

   We are going to commit ourselves to registering and engaging 1 million voters between now and 2020s presidential election, we can deny Donald Trump a second term. This is not the sexy work, Ive got to admit. Im sure its probably more fun for some of those out there running for president. This is the hard work of democracy.

5. Warren Sapp:

   There’s no way any of us want to really admit that we can’t remember how to get home or a grocery list that the wife has given us or how to go pick up our kids to the school, or whatever it may be, you try ‘Alright, I’m gonna get a little more sleep. Maybe it’s something I did last night, maybe something I drank’ or whatever it is.

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