admit

1 declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [syn: acknowledge] [ant: deny]

2 allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club" [syn: allow in, let in, intromit] [ant: reject]

3 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" [syn: let in, include] [ant: exclude]

4 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" [syn: accept, take, take on]

5 afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: allow]

6 give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"

7 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" [syn: accommodate, hold]

8 serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" [also: admitting, admitted]

English

Etymology

From amitten, which from admittere, from ad- + mittere.

Pronunciation

• a WEAE /ædˈmɪt/
• a RP /ədˈmɪt/

Verb

1. To allow 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 admits 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.

Usage notes

• TIn senses 4. and 5. this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• admittable
• admittance
• admittedly
• admitter
• admitting

Related terms

• admissible
• admission

Translations

• Dutch: toegeven
• Ido: admisar
• Japanese: 入れる (ireru) (1); 認める (mitomeru) (4)
• Korean: 인정하다
• Spanish: admitir
• Turkish: kabul etmek

French

Verb

1. Third-person singular indicative past historic of admettre.

Admission may refer to several things:

In general usage

• Confession
• Allowance into a theater, movie theater, music venue, or other event locale, especially when purchased with a ticket

In education

• University and college admissions

In law

• Admission (law), a statement that may be used in court against the person making it
• Admission to the bar, change in status allowing an applicant to become part of a profession
• Acceptance of admissible evidence in court

In medicine

• The process by which patients enter into inpatient care

In politics

• The process of official inclusion in a state, the opposite of secession

In science and engineering

• Admittance, the inverse of impedance

See also

• Admissibility
• List of U.S. states by date of statehood

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