ADMIT

admit

Verb

  1. To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
    A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
    They were admitted into his house.
    to admit a serious thought into the mind
    to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
  2. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
    to admit an attorney to practice law
    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 own or confess.
    the argument or fact is admitted
    he admitted his guilt
    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.
  5. To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ ).
    circumstance do not admit of this
    the text does not admit of this interpretation
  6. To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.


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