admit
[ ad-mit ]
/ ædˈmɪt /
verb (used with object), ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting.
verb (used without object), ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting.
to permit entrance; give access: This door admits to the garden.
to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of): The contract admits of no other interpretation.
Origin of admit
synonym study for admit
6. See
acknowledge.
OTHER WORDS FROM admit
Words nearby admit
admire,
admiring,
admissible,
admission,
admissive,
admit,
admittance,
admittedly,
admittee,
admix,
admixture
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British Dictionary definitions for admit
admit
/ (ədˈmɪt) /
verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted (mainly tr)
(may take a clause as object)
to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
(may take a clause as object)
to concede (the truth or validity of something)
to allow to enter; let in
(foll by to)
to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of)
to admit to the profession
(when intr, foll by of)
to allow (of); leave room (for)
(intr)
to give access
the door admits onto the lawn
Word Origin for admit
C14: from Latin
admittere to let come or go to, from
ad- to +
mittere to send