(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
I am willing to ~ that I do make mistakes...
Up to two thirds of 14 to 16 year olds ~ to buying drink illegally...
I’d be ashamed to ~ feeling jealous...
None of these people will ~ responsibility for their actions...
‘Actually, most of my tennis is at club level,’ he ~ted.
= confess
? deny
VERB: V that, V to -ing/n, V -ing, V n, V with quote
2.
If someone is ~ted to hospital, they are taken into hospital for treatment and kept there until they are well enough to go home.
She was ~ted to hospital with a soaring temperature...
He was ~ted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n, be V-ed
3.
If someone is ~ted to an organization or group, they are allowed to join it.
He was ~ted to the Academie Culinaire de France...
The Parachute Regiment could be forced to ~ women.
VERB: be V-ed to n, V n
4.
To ~ someone to a place means to allow them to enter it.
Embassy security personnel refused to ~ him or his wife...
Journalists are rarely ~ted to the region.
VERB: V n, V n to n