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Admit

Admit Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Admit? [v] declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [v] 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" [v] 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" [v] allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club" [v] serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" [v] 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" [v] give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard" [v] afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Admit: accept \| accommodate \| acknowledge \| allow \| allow in \| hold \| include \| intromit \| let in \| take \| take on Related Terms \| Find terms related to Admit: accept \| accord \| acculturate \| acculturize \| acknowledge \| acquiesce \| acquire \| admit everything \| admit exceptions \| adopt \| affiliate \| agree \| agree provisionally \| allow \| allow for \| Americanize \| Anglicize \| assent \| assent grudgingly \| assimilate \| assume \| avow \| barge in \| be admitted \| break in \| breeze in \| brook \| burst in \| bust in \| come barging in \| come breezing in \| come busting in \| come by \| come clean \| come in \| come in for \| complete \| comprehend \| comprise \| concede \| confer citizenship \| confess \| consent \| consider \| consider the circumstances \| consider the source \| contain \| cop a plea \| count in \| cover \| creep in \| cross the threshold \| crowd in \| declare \| derive \| derive from \| discount \| dispense \| disregard \| divulge \| drag down \| draw \| draw from \| drop in \| edge in \| embody \| embrace \| encircle \| enclose \| encompass \| enter \| entertain \| envisage \| express general agreement \| fill \| fill in \| fill out \| gain \| gain admittance \| get \| get in \| give an entree \| give leave \| give permission \| give the go-ahead \| give the word \| go along with \| go in \| go into \| go native \| grant \| harbor \| have \| have an entree \| have an in \| have coming in \| hold \| hop in \| house \| immit \| include \| incorporate \| induct \| initiate \| insert \| install \| interject \| interpose \| introduce \| intromit \| intrude \| irrupt \| jam in \| jump in \| leave \| let \| let in \| let on \| lift temporarily \| lodge \| look in \| make allowance for \| make possible \| naturalize \| not oppose \| number among \| O \| obtain \| occupy \| OK \| okay \| open up \| out with it \| own \| own up \| pack in \| permit \| plead guilty \| pop in \| press in \| provide for \| pull down \| push in \| put in \| receive \| reckon among \| reckon in \| reckon with \| recognize \| relax \| relax the condition \| release \| reveal \| say the word \| secure \| set aside \| set foot in \| shelter \| slip in \| spill \| spill it \| spit it out \| squeeze in \| step in \| subscribe \| suffer \| take \| take account of \| take cognizance of \| take in \| take into account \| take into consideration \| take on \| take over \| take up \| tell all \| tell the truth \| throw open to \| thrust in \| tolerate \| visit \| vouchsafe \| waive \| warrant \| wedge in \| work in \| yield See Also \| adjudge \| allow \| attorn \| avouch \| avow \| concede \| confess \| countenance \| declare \| do \| have \| hold \| induct \| initiate \| involve \| let \| permit \| profess \| readmit \| repatriate \| serve \| shrive \| squeal \| sustain \| write off Admit In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See {Missile}.] 1. 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. 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. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume.

Admit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Admit?

[v] declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"
[v] allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
[v] serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
[v] 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"
[v] give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
[v] afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

Admit In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad +
mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre.
See {Missile}.]
1. 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.

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.

         Both Houses declared that they could admit of no
         treaty with the king.                 --Hume.

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