admit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English amitten, which from Latin admittere, from ad- + mittere (“‘to send’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ædˈmɪt/
• (RP) IPA: /ədˈmɪt/
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[edit] Verb

to admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)

1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

   A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

   They were admitted into his house.

   to admit a serious thought into the mind

   to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

2. (transitive) 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.
3. (transitive) 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.
4. (transitive) 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.

[edit] Usage notes

• TIn senses 4. and 5. this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Derived terms

• admittable
• admittance
• admittedly
• admitter
• admitting

[edit] Related terms

• admissible
• admission

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

admit

1. Third-person singular indicative past historic of admettre.