English to English verb
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Example:
• He admitted his errors • She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
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2 |
allow to enter; grant entry to | Example:
• We cannot admit non-members into our club building • This pipe admits air
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3 |
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Example:
• admit someone to the profession • She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
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4 |
admit into a group or community | Example:
• accept students for graduate study • We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
source: wordnet30 Example:
• This problem admits of no solution • This short story allows of several different interpretations
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6 |
give access or entrance to | Example:
• The French doors admit onto the yard
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7 |
have room for; hold without crowding | Example:
• This hotel can accommodate 250 guests • The theater admits 300 people • The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
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8 |
serve as a means of entrance | Example:
• This ticket will admit one adult to the show
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9 |
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause. | source: webster1913
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