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admit

[ ad-mit ]

verb (used with object)

admitted, admitting.
  1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:

    to admit a student to college.

    Synonyms:

  2. to give right or means of entrance to:

    This ticket admits two people.

  3. to register (a person) as an inpatient at a hospital:

    After seeing the test results, the emergency room doctor admitted her and put her on intravenous fluids.

  4. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:

    admitted to the bar.

  5. to permit; allow.
  6. to allow or concede as valid:

    to admit the force of an argument.

  7. to acknowledge; confess:

    He admitted his guilt.

    Synonyms: ,

  8. to grant in argument; concede:

    The fact is admitted.

  9. to have capacity for:

    This passage admits two abreast.



verb (used without object)

admitted, admitting.
  1. to permit entrance; give access:

    This door admits to the garden.

  2. to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of ):

    The contract admits of no other interpretation.

admit

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verb

  1. may take a clause as object to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
  2. may take a clause as object to concede (the truth or validity of something)
  3. to allow to enter; let in
  4. foll by to to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of)

    to admit to the profession

  5. whenintr, foll by of to allow (of); leave room (for)
  6. intr to give access

    the door admits onto the lawn

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²¹»å·³¾¾±³Ù·³Ù±ð°ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·²¹»å·³¾¾±³Ù verb (used with object) preadmitted preadmitting
  • °ù±ð·²¹»å·³¾¾±³Ù verb readmitted readmitting
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admit1

First recorded in 1375–1425; from Latin admittere, from ad- ad- + mittere “to send, let goâ€; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a- 5 instead of ad-, from Middle French amettre, from Latin, as above
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admit1

C14: from Latin admittere to let come or go to, from ad- to + mittere to send
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Kemp, also known for his portrayal of the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, admitted Kilmer's acting methods on set sometimes appeared to be "crazy" while at other times there were "moments of absolute genius".

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“The film is a roller coaster, which has divided audiences,†Ezban admits.

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Guardiola has admitted this season he was probably wrong to remain loyal to his core squad last summer.

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Even Republicans who aren’t quite ready to restrain Trump’s tariff power are admitting that he may have taken it too far.

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“We do share a few qualities, obviously,†they admit.

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