admit

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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.

2. 2transitive verb

   To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4transitive verb

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6verb

   declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

   "He admitted his errors"

   "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

   Synonyms

   acknowledge
7. 7verb

   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"

   Synonyms

   accepttake
8. 8verb

   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"

   Synonyms

   include
9. 9verb

   allow to enter; grant entry to

   "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"

   "This pipe admits air"

   Synonyms

   intromit
10. 10verb

    serve as a means of entrance

    "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

11. 11verb

    have room for; hold without crowding

    "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"

    "The theater admits 300 people"

    Synonyms

    accommodatehold
12. 12verb

    give access or entrance to

    "The French doors admit onto the yard"

13. 13verb

    afford possibility

    "This problem admits of no solution"

    "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

    Synonyms

    allow