verb
- Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.
- usage: "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
- synonyms: acknowledge
- Allow to enter; grant entry to.
- usage: "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
- Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
- usage: "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
- Admit into a group or community.
- usage: "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- Afford possibility.
- usage: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
- synonyms: allow
- Give access or entrance to.
- usage: "The French doors admit onto the yard"
- Have room for; hold without crowding.
- usage: "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
- synonyms: accommodate, hold
- Serve as a means of entrance.
- usage: "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
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