# admit
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ədˈmɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Verb

admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)
* (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
    to admit a serious thought into the mind
    to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
    A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
    They were admitted into his house.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXII, page 51:Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, ⁠Nor other thought her mind admits ⁠But, he was dead, and there he sits, And he that brought him back is there.
* (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
    to admit an attorney to practice law
    The prisoner was admitted to bail.
* (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
    Synonyms: own up, confess
    the argument or fact is admitted
    He admitted his guilt.
    She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs.
** 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55:However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
** 2011, Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography, →ISBN:His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs, […]
** 2023 January 30, “Bangkok police admit to extorting 27,000 baht from Taiwanese actress”, in The Nation‎, Bangkok: The Nation Multimedia:Police officers at a checkpoint in Bangkok's Huay Kwang district admitted to extorting 27,000 baht from a Taiwanese actress […]
* (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
    The words do not admit such a construction.
** 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech:Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
** 1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward:There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
* (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
    Circumstances do not admit of this.
    The text does not admit of this interpretation.
* (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
** 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎:"This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."

#### Usage notes

In the sense "concede to be true", this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

#### Synonyms

* (to allow entry to): inlet, let in
* (to recognise as true): acknowledge, own

#### Derived terms

* admittable
* admittance
* admittedly
* admittee
* admitter
* admitting
* admittingly
* coadmit
* nonadmitted
* preadmit
* readmit
* re-admit
* unadmitted
* unadmitting

#### Related terms

* admissible
* admission
* mission

#### Translations

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## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ad.mi/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Verb

admit
* third-person singular past historic of admettre