Dictionary Definition
admit
Verb
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]admitted See admit
User Contributed Dictionary
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Pronunciation
Verb
admitted- past of admit
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accepted, acclaimed, acknowledged, admired, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, approved, authenticated, avowed, backed, being done, certified, comme il faut,
conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional, correct, countersigned, cried up,
customary, de rigueur,
decent, decorous, endorsed, established, favored, favorite, fixed, folk, formal, granted, hallowed, handed down, heroic, highly touted, hoary, immemorial, in good odor,
inveterate, legendary, long-established,
long-standing, meet,
mythological,
notarized, of long
standing, of the folk, on sufferance, oral, orthodox, permitted, popular, prescriptive, professed, proper, ratified, received, recognized, recommended, right, rooted, sealed, seemly, signed, stamped, supported, sworn and affirmed,
sworn to, time-honored, tolerated, traditional, tried and true,
true-blue, understood, underwritten, unforbidden, unprohibited, unwritten, validated, venerable, warranted, well-thought-of,
worshipful