'admit' definitions:
Definition of 'admit'
(from WordNet)
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
Afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: admit, allow]
verb
Give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
verb
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]
verb
Serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
Synonyms of 'admit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- accord,
- acculturate,
- acculturize,
- acknowledge,
- acquiesce,
- acquire,
- admit everything,
- admit exceptions,
- adopt,
- affiliate,
- agree,
- agree provisionally,
- allow,
- allow for,
- Americanize,
- Anglicize,
- 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,
- O,
- obtain,
- occupy,
- OK,
- 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