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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
- Example: "He admitted his errors"
- Example: "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
[syn: admit, acknowledge]

2. allow to enter; grant entry to;
- Example: "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"
- Example: "This pipe admits air"
[syn: admit, allow in, let in, intromit]

3. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
- Example: "admit someone to the profession"
- Example: "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
[syn: admit, let in, include]

4. admit into a group or community;
- Example: "accept students for graduate study"
- Example: "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
[syn: accept, admit, take, take on]

5. afford possibility;
- Example: "This problem admits of no solution"
- Example: "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
[syn: admit, allow]

6. give access or entrance to;
- Example: "The French doors admit onto the yard"

7. have room for; hold without crowding;
- Example: "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"
- Example: "The theater admits 300 people"
- Example: "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
[syn: accommodate, hold, admit]

8. serve as a means of entrance;
- Example: "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Admit \Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Admitting.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad +
   mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre.
   See Missile.]
   1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a
      place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to
      take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious
      thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a
      cause.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into
      a playhouse.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a
      privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as,
      to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was
      admitted to bail.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an
      allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or
      confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted
      his guilt.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit
      such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after
      the verb, or may be omitted.
      [1913 Webster]

            Both Houses declared that they could admit of no
            treaty with the king.                 --Hume.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

admit
    v 1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or
         truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that
         she might have forgotten" [syn: admit, acknowledge]
         [ant: deny]
    2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members
       into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" [syn:
       admit, allow in, let in, intromit] [ant: refuse,
       reject, turn away, turn down]
    3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
       exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
       "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the
       New Jersey Bar" [syn: admit, let in, include] [ant:
       exclude, keep out, shut, shut out]
    4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
       graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
       admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take
       on]
    5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution";
       "This short story allows of several different
       interpretations" [syn: admit, allow]
    6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the
       yard"
    7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can
       accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people";
       "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn:
       accommodate, hold, admit]
    8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one
       adult to the show"