admit

admit has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v.. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
• v.. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
• v.. 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"
• v.. allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
• v.. serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
• v.. have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
• v.. give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"