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admit

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(Engels)

  1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
  2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
  4. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  5. (intransitive, with-of) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
  6. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

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B1
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/ədˈmɪt/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
admitten
In summary

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”).

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confess honestly admitting embarrassed though convinced acknowledge

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