ad·mit
(ăd-mĭt́)
[Middle English amitten, admitten, from Old French amettre, admettre, from Latin admittere, ad-, ad-, + mittere, to send.]
verb: -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits.
transitive verb
- To permit to enter: A crack in the wall admitted some light.
- To provide the right or a means of entrance to: A ticket that admits the whole group.
- To permit to exercise the rights, functions, or privileges of: was admitted to the bar association.
- To have room for; accommodate.
- To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings.
- To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge: admit the truth. See synonyms at acknowledge
- To grant as true or valid, as for the sake of argument; concede.
intransitive verb
- To afford possibility: a problem that admits of no solution.
- To allow entrance; afford access: a door admitting to the hall.
- To make acknowledgment.
