admittance

noun

ad·​mit·​tance əd-ˈmi-tᵊn(t)s 

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1

a

: the act or process of admitting

b

: permission to enter

2

: the reciprocal of the impedance of a circuit

Synonyms

• access
• accession
• admission
• door
• doorway
• entrance
• entrée
• entree
• entry
• gateway
• ingress
• key
• passport
• ticket

Examples of admittance in a Sentence

He tried to enter the restaurant but was refused admittance.

They opposed the admittance of women into the club.

The sign said “No Admittance.”

Recent Examples on the Web

The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m. Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting. —Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025

And any expansion group should be making those sorts of demands upon admittance. —John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

College admittance should only be a happy byproduct of success. —Theo Wolf, CNBC, 15 May 2025

Thomas Windom, one of the lead prosecutors on Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal case, was at the Supreme Court on Monday for his bar admittance. —Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

admit entry 1 + -ance

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for admittance

• acquittance
• emittance
• remittance
• transmittance
• pittance

Kids Definition

admittance

noun

ad·​mit·​tance əd-ˈmit-ən(t)s 

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: permission to enter : entrance