admit

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

confess

acknowledge

accept

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allow

concede

receive

recognize

agree

grant

let in

profess

permit

accredit

accord

take

avow

own

approve

let

include

consent

hold

bring in

know

allow in

recognise

afford

intromit

agree to

accommodate

declare

bear

🐻

take on

assent

adopt

come clean

administer

apply

announce

import

pick up

enter

bestow

believe

get

allot

award

deliver

give

concur

Translations

admettre

admitir

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ammettere

admitir

zugeben

accettare

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accogliere

aceptar

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avouer

reconocer

akzeptieren

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permettre

aceitar

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annehmen

aufnehmen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ədˈmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).