admit
//ədˈmɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- admit
- past (v2)
- admitted
- past participle (v3)
- admitted
- present participle
- admitting
- 3rd person singular
- admits
Definitions
1.To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
- They were admitted into his house.
- A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
2.To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- The prisoner was admitted to bail.
3.To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs.
4.To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- The words do not admit such a construction.
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1121
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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Etymology
From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”)
From Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”)
From ad- + mittere (“to send”).