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admit   (TTS Sound)

The verb admit has 8 senses

• admit, acknowledge -- (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten")


• admit, allow in, let in, intromit -- (allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air")


• admit, let in, include -- (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")


• accept, admit, take, take on -- (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")


• admit, allow -- (afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations")


• admit -- (give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard")


• accommodate, hold, admit -- (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")


• admit -- (serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show")