Uk 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

admit

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 e

acknowledge,agree,concede,confess,accept,allow,announce,confirm,disclose,grant

deny,conceal,Contradict,disallow,disavow,disclaim,dispute,hide,negate,negative

admissory => admitting, admissive => confessing, admission price => admission price, admission fee => Admission fee, admission day => Admission day,