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ADMIT
admit, acknowledge
(verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; “He admitted his errors”; “She acknowledged that she might have forgotten”
accept, admit, take, take on
(verb) 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”
admit, let in, include
(verb) 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”
admit, allow in, let in, intromit
(verb) allow to enter; grant entry to; “We cannot admit non-members into our club building”; “This pipe admits air”
admit
(verb) serve as a means of entrance; “This ticket will admit one adult to the show”
accommodate, hold, admit
(verb) 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”
admit
(verb) give access or entrance to; “The French doors admit onto the yard”
admit, allow
(verb) afford possibility; “This problem admits of no solution”; “This short story allows of several different interpretations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
(transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
Synonyms: own up, confess
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
Usage notes
In the sense "concede to be true", this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs
Synonyms
• (to allow entry to): inlet, let in
• (to recognise as true): acknowledge, own
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Admitting.] Etym: [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See Missile.]
1. 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. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket one into a playhouse.
3. 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. 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. 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. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. Hume.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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