Admit
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English
Verb
Admit (third-person singular simple present Admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
- (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
- (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- (intransitive) to give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of)
Adverbs for Admit
remorsefully; brashly; candidly; universally; reluctantly; arrogantly; ruefully; grudgingly; privately; semi-officially; willingly; graciously; equably; laughingly; knowingly; tacitly; humbly; formally; dubiously; unreservedly; savagely; unfeelingly; naively; bluntly; unguardedly.
Synonyms for Admit
allow, permit to enter, open for, acknowledge, avow, suffer, grant, assent, welcome, receive, concede, confess, own, tell, induct, matriculate.
Antonyms for Admit
deny, refuse, shut, dismiss, repulse, dissent, dispute, repel, confute, reject, eject, expel, debar, oust.
Thesaurus
Americanize; Anglicize; O; OK; accept; accord; acculturate; acculturize; acknowledge; acquiesce; acquire; admit everything; admit exceptions; adopt; affiliate; agree; agree provisionally; allow; allow for; assent; assent grudgingly; assimilate; assume; avow; barge in; be admitted; break in; breeze in; brook; burst in; bust in; come barging in; come breezing in; come busting in; come by; come clean; come in; come in for; complete; comprehend; comprise; concede; confer citizenship; confess; consent; consider; consider the circumstances; consider the source; contain; cop a plea; count in; cover; creep in; cross the threshold; crowd in; declare; derive; derive from; discount; dispense; disregard; divulge; drag down; draw; draw from; drop in; edge in; embody; embrace; encircle; enclose; encompass; enter; entertain; envisage; express general agreement; fill; fill in; fill out; gain; gain admittance; get; get in; give an entree; give leave; give permission; give the go-ahead; give the word; go along with; go in; go into; go native; grant; harbor; have; have an entree; have an in; have coming in; hold; hop in; house; immit; include; incorporate; induct; initiate; insert; install; interject; interpose; introduce; intromit; intrude; irrupt; jam in; jump in; leave; let; let in; let on; lift temporarily; lodge; look in; make allowance for; make possible; naturalize; not oppose; number among; obtain; occupy; okay; open up; out with it; own; own up; pack in; permit; plead guilty; pop in; press in; provide for; pull down; push in; put in; receive; reckon among; reckon in; reckon with; recognize; relax; relax the condition; release; reveal; say the word; secure; set aside; set foot in; shelter; slip in; spill; spill it; spit it out; squeeze in; step in; subscribe; suffer; take; take account of; take cognizance of; take in; take into account; take into consideration; take on; take over; take up; tell all; tell the truth; throw open to; thrust in; tolerate; visit; vouchsafe; waive; warrant; wedge in; work in; yield
