admittance
noun
ad·mit·tance
əd-ˈmi-tᵊn(t)s 
ad-
1
a
: the act or process of admitting
b
: permission to enter
2
: the reciprocal of the impedance of a circuit
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.”
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Even before the new admittance system kicked into gear, immigration had become a lightning rod in Japan.
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Gracia Liu-Farrer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
In the weeks prior to Snider's death, Snider was arrested in Utah after trying to regain admittance to a hospital that discharged him after treating wounds from an alleged assault.
—Audrey Gibbs, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly feigned mental illness to gain admittance to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island in New York (now known as Roosevelt Island) in 1887.
—Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Yet, the fact that the group didn’t write its own songs has seemingly barred Three Dog Night from admittance.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Gracia Liu-Farrer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
In the weeks prior to Snider's death, Snider was arrested in Utah after trying to regain admittance to a hospital that discharged him after treating wounds from an alleged assault.
—Audrey Gibbs, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly feigned mental illness to gain admittance to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island in New York (now known as Roosevelt Island) in 1887.
—Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Yet, the fact that the group didn’t write its own songs has seemingly barred Three Dog Night from admittance.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for admittance
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“Admittance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/admittance. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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admittance
noun
ad·mit·tance
əd-ˈmit-ən(t)s
ad-
: permission to enter : entrance
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