admit

verb

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ad·mit | \ əd-ˈmit

, ad- \

admitted; admitting

Definition of admit

(Entry 1 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to allow scope for : permit admits no possibility of misunderstanding

b : to concede as true or valid admitted making a mistake

2a : to allow entry (as to a place, fellowship, or privilege) an open window had admitted rain admitted to the club

b : to accept into a hospital as an inpatient he was admitted last night for chest pains

intransitive verb

1 : to give entrance or access

2a : allow, permit admits of two interpretations

b : to make acknowledgment —used with to admitted to having doubts

admit

noun

Definition of admit (Entry 2 of 2)

: a person who is admitted into a school, hospital, etc. When a patient is transferred, the nurse will take the next new admit—unless her patient is transferred to a hospital for only a temporary stay.— Sally Seaver

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Synonyms & Antonyms for admit

Synonyms: Verb

Antonyms: Verb

deny

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Verb

acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination. acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed. acknowledged an earlier peccadillo admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications. admitted the project was over budget own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself. must own I know little about computers avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about. avowed that he was a revolutionary confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt. confessed a weakness for sweets

Examples of admit in a Sentence

Verb You know you're wrong! Admit it! I hate to admit it, but he's right. This ticket admits one person. He admitted them into his office. They refused to admit her to the club. The patient was very sick when she was admitted to the hospital. He was admitted last night for chest pains. The judge decided to admit the evidence.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb In private, when pressed, Black activists could admit that if Peter Liang had been white, he would have probably never been indicted. — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022 After returning home from college orientation, Adam and Brea confess a secret that could alter their relationship forever; Barry and Beverly admit their love of ice dancing and decide to pursue it together. — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022 Rather than a steady stream of defensive statements from senior officials, admit mistakes. — William A. Galston, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022 But Jarrett Allen will admit that their identity has slipped somewhat in the last few weeks. — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2022 Several employers admit the SSP rate may be too low, leaving people struggling to put food on the table. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 Jan. 2022 Both men admit to struggling to raise kids amid prosperity. — Claudia Puig, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022 In talking about their fourth return to the Matrix, playing iconic characters Neo and Trinity, the actors admit that training for their very physical roles always presents a challenge. — Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, 28 Dec. 2021 Some wrongdoers admit culpability, apologize and take their medicine. — Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Practicing and playing from January to December, with a two-month break in between, the players and Petrie admit has been a grind. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021 Even those staffers who prefer the larger Blackwing admit that the smaller Blackwing is a spectacular car in its own right. — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021 Among non-LGBTQ people, 45% admit they are confused by all the different terms to describe people in the LGBTQ community. — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Dogecoin continued its recent surge Wednesday, hitting new all-time highs and making even the most skeptical admit that the vaulted $1 price goal is looking more and more achievable. — Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 May 2021 The majority of the cases were identified through routine, asymptomatic testing, including during travel, or before a health procedure or admit. — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2021 Last year alone, 16,628 candidates applied to both schools; just 1,520 gained an acceptance, a mere 9.1% admit rate. — John Byrne, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 More selective schools have undergraduate admit rates below 50%. — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2021 The duo admit to sharing a love of rubbing their hands up and down the shaved portions. — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2021

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History and Etymology for admit

Verb

Middle English admitten, borrowed from Anglo-French admitter, admetter, admettre, borrowed from Latin admittere "to allow entrance or approach," from ad- ad- + mittere "to release, let go, discharge, let fly, throw down, send (for a purpose)," perhaps going back to Indo-European *mei̯th₂- "alternate, exchange, remove" (assuming sense shift "exchange" > "give, bestow" > "let go, send"), from whence, with varying ablaut grades, Sanskrit méthati "treats hostilely, abuses," mitháḥ "mutually, alternately," míthū "in opposed directions, wrongly," Avestan mōiθat̰ "will deprive," hǝ̄m.aibī.mōist "(s/he) joins," West Germanic *meiþ-a- "conceal, avoid" (presumably "remove" > "remove oneself"), whence Old English mīðan "to conceal, dissemble," Old Saxon miđan, Old High German mīdan "to avoid, shy away from, conceal"

Note: See also forms at etymology of mutable descending from a causative derivative *moi̯th₂-. The short vowel and geminate consonant in mittere is usually explained as an instance of the "littera-rule" (or "Iuppiter-rule"), whereby certain pre-Latin diphthongs are resolved as either long vowel + single consonant or short vowel + geminate consonant; in most such cases examples of both alternates are attested, though in this instance no attestation of mīt- is known.

Noun

derivative of admit entry 1