admit

Verb

Verb Forms: admitted, admitting, admits

• To confess to be true or to allow entry.
• declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
  • "He admitted his errors"
• allow to enter; grant entry to
  • "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"
  • "This pipe admits air"
• 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"
• admit into a group or community
  • "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
• afford possibility
  • "This problem admits of no solution"
• give access or entrance to
  • "The French doors admit onto the yard"
• have room for; hold without crowding
  • "The theater admits 300 people"
• serve as a means of entrance
  • "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
• To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
• To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
• To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
• To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
• To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
• To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

Examples

• A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
• Circumstances do not admit of this.
• He admitted his guilt.
• I must admit, your play of ’QUIXOTRY’ was simply brilliant.
• She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs.
• the argument or fact is admitted
• The prisoner was admitted to bail.
• The text does not admit of this interpretation.
• The words do not admit such a construction.
• They were admitted into his house.
• to admit a serious thought into the mind
• to admit an attorney to practice law
• to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

Synonyms

accept, accommodate, acknowledge, allow, allow in, hold, include, intromit, let in, take, take on, confess, grant, inlet, own, own up

Antonyms

deny, exclude, reject

Related Words

admissible, admission, mission