Definition
Meaning of 'Admit'
Meaning of 'Admit' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Admit 
[ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]- To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Meaning of 'Admit' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. admit [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- admit into a group or community
- admit into a group or community
Example in sentence:
- accept students for graduate study;
- We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Meaning (2):
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
Example in sentence:
- admit someone to the profession;
- She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
Meaning (3):
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
Example in sentence:
- He admitted his errors;
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
Meaning (4):
- give access or entrance to
- give access or entrance to
Example in sentence:
- The French doors admit onto the yard
Meaning (5):
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have room for; hold without crowding
Example in sentence:
- The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people;
- The theater admits 300 people;
- This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
Meaning (6):
- afford possibility
- afford possibility
Example in sentence:
- This problem admits of no solution;
- This short story allows of several different interpretations
Meaning (7):
- serve as a means of entrance
- serve as a means of entrance
Example in sentence:
- This ticket will admit one adult to the show
Meaning (8):
- allow to enter; grant entry to
- allow to enter; grant entry to
Example in sentence:
- This pipe admits air;
- We cannot admit non-members into our club building
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