| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·mit |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   d-m t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting, ad·mits
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To permit to enter: A crack in the wall admitted some light. 2. To provide the right or a means of entrance to: A ticket that admits the whole group. 3. To permit to exercise the rights, functions, or privileges of: was admitted to the bar association. 4. To have room for; accommodate. 5. To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings. 6. To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge: admit the truth. See synonyms at acknowledge. 7. To grant as true or valid, as for the sake of argument; concede. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To afford possibility: a problem that admits of no solution. 2. To allow entrance; afford access: a door admitting to the hall. 3. To make acknowledgment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English amitten, admitten, from Old French amettre, admettre, from Latin admittere : ad-, ad- + mittere, to send.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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