ADMIT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of admit in English admitverb uk /ədˈmɪt/ us /ədˈmɪt/ -tt-

admit verb (ACCEPT)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ T or I ] to agree that something is true, especially unwillingly: He admitted his guilt/mistake. [ + (that) ] She admitted (that) she had made a mistake. [ + -ing verb ] She admitted making a mistake. At first he denied stealing the money but he later admitted to it. We know he is the one who broke the mug, but you'll never get him to admit it. I wasn't entirely honest with him, I admit. [ + to infinitive ] The new law was generally admitted to be difficult to enforce. Synonyms avow formal confess own up to say that you are wrong

• confessRawlinson finally confessed to the robbery.
• own upCome on, own up - who's eaten the last sandwich?
• fess upFess up - you wanted to go to the cinema instead, didn't you?
• come cleanI decided to come clean about the broken vase.
• concedeShe did eventually concede that the instructions were not very clear.
• admitHe admitted that he had been wrong.

See more results » to accept that something is true

• acceptI fully accept that I was wrong.
• acknowledgeI acknowledge that the project has faced delays, but we will do all we can to make up time.
• recognizeI do recognize that mistakes were made.
• admitWhy don't you just admit you got it wrong?

See more results »  admit defeat to accept that you have failed and give up: After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife. See more

• I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared.
• He was ashamed to admit to his mistake.
• She grudgingly admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.
• The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies.
• It may be that the ministers know more than they are admitting at the moment.

Admitting & confessing

• acknowledge something as something
• acknowledgedly
• acknowledgment
• admission of guilt
• admittedly
• avowedly
• breastbeating
• clean
• climb down phrasal verb
• come clean idiom
• hold/put your hands up idiom
• plead guilty
• retract
• retraction
• self-admittedly
• self-confessed
• self-confessedly
• self-confession
• stand
• swallow your words idiom

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admit verb (ALLOW IN)

[ T ] to allow someone to enter a place: Men will not be admitted to the restaurant without a tie. Each ticket admits one member and one guest.literary A gap between the curtains admitted the faint glimmer of a street lamp. [ T ] to allow a person or country to join an organization: Spain was admitted to the European Community in 1986. [ T ] to allow someone to enter a hospital because they need medical care: She was admitted to hospital suffering from shock. Allowing and permitting

• admission
• admit of something phrasal verb
• allow of something phrasal verb
• allowable
• allowably
• authorization
• brook
• endorse
• excuse
• give the go-ahead
• give the green light to something idiom
• given the chance/choice idiom
• green-light
• hall pass
• qualify
• reauthorization
• reauthorize
• recertify
• relicense
• relicensure

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Phrasal verb

admit of something (Definition of admit from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

admit | American Dictionary

admitverb us /ədˈmɪt, æd-/ -tt-

admit verb (ACCEPT)

Add to word list Add to word list to recognize or accept something as true: [ T ] He admitted his guilt. [ + (that) clause ] She admitted (that) she had made a mistake.

admit verb (ALLOW IN)

[ T ] to allow someone or something to enter: Each ticket admits one member and a guest.

admittance

noun [ U ] us /ədˈmɪt·əns, æd-/ He was refused admittance to the club. (Definition of admit from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

admit | Business English

admitverb uk /ədˈmɪt/ us -tt- Add to word list Add to word list [ I or T ] to say that you have done something dishonest or have not succeeded in doing something: "We need to do more to attract the younger end of the market," the Chairman admitted. It can be difficult to admit mistakes in front of colleagues who may be competitors for the next promotion.admit to sth Three suspects admitted to the fraud scheme during a series of interviews with federal agents.admit (that) British Airways admitted last week that the credit market downturn was affecting business travel.admit doing sth In court, she admitted receiving almost $1 million as "consulting fees".admit guilt/failure/defeat The company received a discount on its fine because it admitted its guilt.admit a charge/offence/allegation Several firms have been forced to admit charges of paying illegal bonuses to employees.  admit liability (for sth) LAW to admit that you are legally responsible for something that has harmed someone: As part of the agreement, the chairman and his affiliates do not admit any liability or wrongdoing. to officially give permission for a person, company, or country to join a large organization: admit sb to sth Over the next five years, several new countries will be admitted to the EU. to officially give permission for someone to attend a meeting or other event: admit sb to sth Newspaper reporters will not be admitted to the hearing.  admit evidence LAW if a court of law admits evidence or admits something as evidence, it allows something to be used to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime: Prosecutors asked the court to admit the recordings as evidence. (Definition of admit from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of admit

admit Seventy-eight per cent admitted that they would be more empathetic towards patients, with greater sensitivity to their psychological distress, in the future. From the Cambridge English Corpus This case admits a specially simple normal form in which the low degree terms of the normal form can be replaced by coordinate functions. From the Cambridge English Corpus A chapter on hybrid peas seems superfluous when, as the author admits, hybrid varieties are extremely unlikely! From the Cambridge English Corpus The functor syntax admits functors of many variables, and functor composition. From the Cambridge English Corpus A 56-year-old man was admitted to a psychiatric clinic for treatment of alcoholism known for the last 25 years. From the Cambridge English Corpus Management options will be discussed again after cardiac catheterisation, and then when the child is admitted for surgery. From the Cambridge English Corpus Seventeen of the 99 patients were admitted with a feeding tube in place and half received a new feeding tube. From the Cambridge English Corpus The transplant team directs the care of its patients regardless of the unit to which they are admitted. From the Cambridge English Corpus Two sequences are equivalent if and only if they admit contractions which have a common dilation. From the Cambridge English Corpus These differences contributed to the formation of a great ideological divide that admitted no compromise, and that soon generated a spiral of political violence. From the Cambridge English Corpus Rather, we should admit that the ties are somewhat different in different contexts. From the Cambridge English Corpus For stationary propagation, these equations admit solitontype localized solutions. From the Cambridge English Corpus The community may have reached more than 10,000 men at its height; as a rule, no women were admitted. From the Cambridge English Corpus The remainder did not admit to receiving help from anyone. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, their reliability is doubtful since the newspaper admitted that they were based on hearsay. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of admit These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of admit?

Translations of admit

in Chinese (Traditional) 接受, （尤指不情願地）承認, 供認… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 接受, （尤指不情愿地）承认, 供认… See more in Spanish admitir, ingresar, confesar… See more in Portuguese reconhecer, admitir, aceitar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian अनिच्छेने एखादी गोष्ट मान्य करणे… See more （罪などを）認める, （～であると）自白する, ～の入場を許可する… See more itiraf etmek, kabul etmek, hastayı kabul etmek… See more admettre, reconnaître, avouer… See more reconèixer, admetre… See more toegeven, toelaten, opnemen… See more ஏதோ ஒன்றை உண்மை என்று ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள, குறிப்பாக விருப்பமின்றி… See more (प्रायः अनिच्छा से कुछ) स्वीकार करना… See more કબૂલવું, સ્વીકારવું… See more indrømme, give adgang, indlægge… See more medge, släppa in, anta… See more mengaku, kebenaran masuk, dimasukkan… See more zugeben, Zutritt gewähren, einliefern… See more innrømme, erkjenne, tilstå… See more اعتراف کرنا, مان لینا… See more допускати, впускати, приймати… See more ఒప్పుకోవడం… See more সম্মত হওয়া যে কিছু সত্য, বিশেষত অনিচ্ছায়… See more připustit, vpustit, přijmout (do nemocnice)… See more mengakui, dapat dipakai, membawa ke rumah sakit… See more ยอมรับความจริง, ยอมให้เข้า, รับเข้าเป็นผู้ป่วยใน… See more thừa nhận, cho vào, chở đi viện… See more przyznawać się, przyjmować, przyznawać… See more 인정하다, 입장을 허락하다… See more ammettere, fare entrare, riconoscere… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of admit

• readmit someone to something
• admit of something phrasal verb
• admit defeat phrase
• be the first to admit something

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    • admit (ACCEPT)
    • admit defeat
    • admit (ALLOW IN)
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  • Verb 
    • admit (ACCEPT)
    • admit (ALLOW IN)
  • Noun 
    • admittance
• Business   
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    • admit
    • admit liability (for sth)
    • admit evidence
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