Canadian English Meaning of admit

admit

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Definitions and Meaning of admit in English

Wordnet

admit (v)

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

allow to enter; grant entry to

allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

admit into a group or community

afford possibility

give access or entrance to

have room for; hold without crowding

serve as a means of entrance

Webster

admit (v. t.)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

FAQs About the word admit

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