ədˈmit also ad-; usu -id.+V verb
( admitted ; admitted ; admitting ; admits )
Etymology: Middle English admitten, from Latin admittere, from ad- + mittere to send — more at smite
transitive verb
1.
a. : permit
the geological vocabulary admits a less satisfactory treatment than does that of some of the other sciences — T.H.Savory
b. : to accept as true or valid : acknowledge
Brunel was compelled to admit failure — O.S.Nock
admitting the possibility that the bomb might wipe out civilization — Current Biography
a reluctance to admit any of the ample evidence — J.G.Cozzens
another troublesome problem was settling a date after which no evidence would be admitted — W.O.Aydelotte
— compare admission 2a
2. : to allow entry (as to a place, membership, or privilege)
this ticket admits one person
he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society — Ella Lonn
— often used with to or into
he was admitted to the university
admitted to candidacy
states admitted to the Union
intransitive verb
1. : to give entrance or access — used with to
a gate that admits to a yard
2.
a. : allow , permit — often used with of
indeterminate situations which admit of answers — J.J.O'Connor
many crucial dilemmas simply do not admit of analysis on one page — Dorothy Fosdick
b. : to make acknowledgment — used with to
they dare not publicly admit to these doubts — Hessell Tiltman
Synonyms: see acknowledge , receive