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Admit

Definition: Admit

Admit

Verb

1. Declare or acknowledge to be true; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten".

2. Allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club".

3. Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar".

4. Admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member".

5. Afford possibility: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations".

6. Give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard".

7. Have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people".

8. Serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "admit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Admit \Ad*mit"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Admitted; present participle verb or noun Admitting.]. (references)


Synonyms: Admit

Synonyms: accept (v), accommodate (v), acknowledge (v), allow (v), allow in (v), hold (v), include (v), intromit (v), let in (v), take (v), take on (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: deny (v), exclude (v), reject (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Admit

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assent

Acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede; (yield); come round to; abide by; permit.

Class

Include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive; inclose; (circumscribe); embody, encircle.

Composition

Include; (in a class); contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve, implicate; drag into.

Consent

Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.

Disclosure

Acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards; unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind; unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's (or Queen's) evidence; acknowledge the corn.

Dissent

Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny).

Permission

Verb: permit; give permission; Noun: give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to.

Possibility

Verb: be possible; Adjective: stand a chance; admit of, bear.

Qualification

Allow for, make allowance for; admit exceptions, take into account; modulate.

Receiving

Verb: receive; take; acquire; admit.

Reception

Verb: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink; (food).

Unbelief Doubt

Verb: disbelieve, discredit; not believe; misbelieve; refuse to admit; (dissent); refuse to believe; (incredulity).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Admit

English words defined with "admit": accept, Ad-, Adhibit, Admitting, allow in, annoying, Arianize, avouch, avowBall and socket joint, bothersome, bringchuck up the sponge, confirmationDisallowance, drop outEndenizen, evasive answerfanlight, fingalling, Gap lathe, give up, glassless, grudgehigh horse, hospitalizeimprobable, Indeterminate equation, intromit, irritatingLead angle, let in, loath, loth, louver, Louvremarvellous, marvelous, misapprehension, mistake, misunderstanding, Monogenetic, Myrioramanettlesome, nolo contendere, non vultpesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, Portable steam engine, Provisorilyquitreadmit, Receiving ship, reluctant, repatriatesafety valve, salvific, skylight, sustaintake, take on, tall, teasing, throw in, throw in the towel, ticket collector, ticket taker, To accept the person, To allow of, To call to the bar, To give audience, To take in, To take into one's confidenceunglazedVault light, Vestibule train, vexatious, vexingwash, Water-tight, window, Wrench hammer. (references)
Etymologies containing "admit": susceptible. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Admit" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (admitted).

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Modern Usage: Admit

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You got to admit I've plagued this stinking city like a hawk from hell (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

Well you have to admit, we've sort of made an (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

I admit nothing (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

I'm sorry, Harry, I know this is hard for you. But you gotta admit if this was me you'd be laughing your ass off (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël)

I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Lyrics

I was wrong and I admit it (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special)

Time to admit [Time we should admit it] ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

And admit that the waters around you have grown ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

Is just admit you love me (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

I just have to admit (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Clever

If you are willing to admit you are wrong when you are wrong, you are all right. (references; author: unknown)

God, give me courage to do what I can, humility to admit what I can't, and wisdom to know the difference. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Admit One (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Admit

DomainTitle

Books

  • Admit Desire (reference)

  • Admit Impediment (reference)

  • Admit One!: Your Guide to College Application (reference)

  • Admit to Murder (reference)

  • Best Seller: A Nostalgic Celebration of the Less Than Great Books You Have Always Been Afraid to Admit You Loved (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Admit

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Admit

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

I admit the question is an impertinent one. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Admit

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

I think everybody should admit their mistakes. I would if I had any.

Charles Dickens

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

Edward Gibbon

Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

George Mcgovern

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

Hector Berlioz

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

Mencius

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

Napoleon Bonaparte

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

Wentworth Dillon

Immodest words admit if no defense, for want of decency is want of sense.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Admit

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

What you see clearly in the case of ancient property, what you admit in the case of feudal property, you are of course forbidden to admit in the case of your own bourgeois form of property. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The German Government undertakes to admit to its territory without distinction all persons liable to repatriation. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Admit

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

He didn't like to think of himself as the sort of person who giggled or sniggered, but he had to admit that he had been giggling and sniggering almost continuously for well over half an hour now.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Moreover, given certain natures, and we admit the possible development of all the beauties of human virtues in a faith different from our own.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

They had unearthed traces of a Cork accent in his speech and made him admit that the Lee was a much finer river than the Liffey

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

He thought his ears being used to such abominable words, might by degrees admit them with less detestation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Admit

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Hence, they can decide whom to admit and when to do things. (references)

As a result, you may feel that to seek help is to admit some type of shameful defect in yourself. (references)

Many elderly people do not see themselves as depressed and/or will not admit to it and reject referrals to mental health professionals. (references)

Business

Foreign observers admit that in many respects Polish machines are comparable to foreign ones and, in terms of the technology applied, some of them " such as road cranes- are even ahead of foreign competition by several years. (references)

Although many would never admit it, the French generally find the Americans friendly, appreciate the American way of life, and are rarely disappointed by their first trip to the U.S. they are generally amazed by the size of the country, as the distances are huge compared to those in the European countries. (references)

The rapid rise of the fast food industry in China, both domestic and foreign, also bodes well for continued strong demand for poultry meat. China has huge market potential for processed animal products; however, officials admit that current poor product quality and backward processing techniques are hindering the advancement of the animal husbandry sector. (references)

Children

Canada

In May 2000, the Catholic Church announced that it would participate in a "compassion fund," but would not issue a formal apology or admit fault in the cases. (references)

India

Although the act provides equal rights to all persons with disabilities, advocacy organizations admit that its practical effects so far have been minimal in part due to a clause that makes the implementation of programs dependent on the "economic capacity" of the Government. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macau

The police admit that they keep a list of unwelcome persons who have criminal records and persons whom they believe have criminal intentions. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The hoped-for price had been in the range of $350-$400 million, but now GSL officials admit the world telecom market will not support such a price level. (references)

Colombia

In any event, the Colombian Economic and Social Policy Council (CONPES), may identify sectors of economic activity in which the government may determine whether it will admit foreign capital participation. (references)

Finland

Finland's international telecom set-up began to admit limited competition in 1993, with further deregulation on July 1, 1994. On the domestic telecommunications front, competition entered the picture at the beginning of 1994. In the next few years, the telecom and information technology sectors will continue to grow rapidly. (references)

Human Rights

Morocco

The Government continued to admit past torture and abuses; however, it has not prosecuted those responsible. (references)

Cameroon

The authorities admitted that the nine were arrested, but refused to either admit to their deaths or to produce them alive. (references)

Belarus

However, the Government subsequently has threatened to shut down the office and refused to admit its new Chief of Mission into the country. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

Nevertheless, converts generally do not fear to admit in public their new religious affiliations. (references)

Japan

In December the Education Ministry began studying implementation of a Cabinet report that concluded universities should admit graduates of non-Japanese-language schools without the high school equivalency test. (references)

Kuwait

Under the law, bidoon who admit to another nationality (or who purchase a passport from a country to which they have no true connection) do not automatically forfeit their claim to citizenship based on Kuwaiti residency prior to 1965. However, the law does not permit dual nationality; thus, if former bidoon eventually are naturalized, they must renounce their original or fictitious nationality. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

A Hong Kong court may admit a foreign lawyer to practice as a barrister if he is considered a fit and proper person and has complied with the general admission requirements, including passing any required examinations. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

Customs will admit products without a label showing the registration number if the importer produces the appropriate documentation from the relevant Ministry. (references)

Women

Russia

Moscow human resources managers privately admit that discrimination against women in hiring is common. (references)

Worker Rights

Peru

Worker rights advocates admit that these zones are few in number and do not contribute substantively to labor's unionizing difficulties. (references)

Bahrain

Both the Government and labor representatives readily admit that nonindustrial workers and foreign workers clearly are underrepresented in the system. (references)

Seychelles

In recent years, there has been a growing trend to admit foreign workers, primarily from China, India, the Philippines, and Madagascar, to work in the construction and commercial fishing sectors, because few citizens choose to work in these sectors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Admit

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andy Rooney

Well, I don't know if it was an apology is what I did. I'm sorry I said it. But I still do not like to see women down on the sidelines. I admit that. Seems to me I have a right to think that.

Dennis Miller

You have to admit phone sex has gotten a lot hotter in recent months.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Admit

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The acts of the last session which required special arrangements have been as far as circumstances would admit carried into operation.

James Madison

1809-1817I admit the force of this observation, but I do not look upon it to be conclusive.

James Monroe

1817-1825Each party would retain the right to admit or prohibit such articles from the other as it thought proper, and on its own conditions.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829To admit that this picture has its shades is but to say that it is still the condition of men upon earth.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837After all, the nature of the subject does not admit of a plan wholly free from objection.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Along with the guarantee of health security, we all have to admit, too, there must be more responsibility on the part of all of us in how we use this system.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Admit

"Admit" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.39% of the time. "Admit" is used about 3,591 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)81.39%2,9233,196
Lexical Verb (base form)17.3%62110,417
Noun (singular)1.31%4749,740
                    Total100.00%3,591N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Admit

Expressions using "admit": admit a claim admit air admit bearer admit into one's confidence admit of admit of doubt admit of no excuse admit smb. into one's confidence admit to admit to bail admit to the bar he seems reluctant to admit it no admit no admit except on business refuse to admit to admit to admit to probate. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "admit": re-admit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Admit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

admit one

19

admit

17

admit one ticket

12

admit card

4

admit art clip one

3

admit soar wright.edu

2

admit believe confess

2

admit impediment let marriage mind not true

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Admit

Language Translations for "admit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

bieg (acknowledge, acknowledgement, admission, confess, confession, profess). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

pranoj (accept, acknowledge, adopt, agree, allow, avouch, buy, concede, confess, countenance, grant, own, permit, receive, recognize, take, take in, take on, underwrite, wear), pohoj (affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, bear out, claim, confirm, have, maintain, predicate, protest, reassert), nxë (contain, hold, learn, seat), lejoj (allow, authorise, authorize, let, license, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منحه حق الدخول, ‏قبله في, ‏قبل (accede, accept, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), ‏سمح بالدخول, ‏سلم (accept, agree, allow, commit, consign, deliver, give in, grant, hand over, hierarchy, ladder, postulate, presume, recognize, render, resign, rung, salaam, salute, scale, secure, stair, staircase, stairway, submit, transmit, turn in, turn over), ‏إتسع ل (receive, sit), ‏إعترف (acknowledge, allow, avow, come clean, concede, confess, grant, own, own up, profess, recognize, say). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съгласен съм (agree, very well), търпя (abide, accept, bear, digest, endure, play along, put up with, stick, suffer, support, tolerate), пускам (bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), пропускам (drop, fail, let in, let slip by, lose, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, run, skip, throw away), признавам (accept, accredit, acknowledge, allow, avow, concede, confess, find, homologate, own, profess, recognize, vote), приемам (accept, acknowledge, adopt, allow, assume, buy, concede, cotton, embrace, enrol, enroll, entertain, grant, induct, meet, postulate, premise, purchase, receive, recognize, see, stomach, take up, uphold, yield), позволявам (allow, authorise, authorize, enable, have, let, licence, license, permit, see, suffer), побирам (accommodate, carry, contain, hold, receive, seat, sit, sleep, store, take), допускам (accept, allow, assume, bear, concede, permit, suppose, tolerate), давам достъп на. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

permetre (accord, afford, allow, permit). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

接納 , 接待 (receive), 承认 (Acknowledge, Acknowledged, Acknowledging, Admitted, Admitting, Concede, Conceded, Conceding). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vpustit (let in), uznat (accept, acknowledge, avow, concede, confess, place, recognize), pojmout (contain, hold, include, take in), přiznat (agree, concede, give, grant, own), připustit (acknowledge, agree, concede, grant, permit, receive, recognize), doznat (undergo). (various references)

   

Danish

  

bekende (acknowledge, confess, profess). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

toegeven (accede, acknowledge, acknowledgement, add, admission, agree, cede, concede, confess, consent, give in, give up, give way, grant, profess, relinquish, yield). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

konfesi (confess, profess), koncedi (concede, grant). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

vátta (acknowledge, assert, attest, bear witness of, confess, confirm, corroborate, profess, state, testify), loyva (abide, accord, afford, allow, concede, endure, grant, permit, put up with, tolerate), játta (concede, grant), ganga við (acknowledge, confess, profess). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پذیرفتن (Accept, Allow, Embrace, Hear, Listen, Matriculate, Receive, Vouchsafe), موافقت کردن (Accede, Acquiesce, Agree, Assent, Comply, Concur, Grant, Jibe, Obey, Okay), واگذارکردن (Abandon, Abdicate, Assign, Cede, Concede, Entrust, Give, Relegate, Remise, Surrender, Title, Transfer, Vest, Yield), تصدیق کردن (Acknowledge, Affirm, Authenticate, Aver, Certify, Concede, Confirm, Establish, Grant, Justify, Recognize, Rubberstamp, Testify), اقرارکردن (Confess, Own), اعطاء کردن (Allow, Confer), راه دادن , دادن (Afford, Concede, Give, Grant, Impute, Mete, Mind, Pay, Render), باردادن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tunnustaa (acknowledge, confess, make a confession, own, profess, recognize), sallia (accord, afford, allow, give permission, let, permit), päästää joku sisälle (let in), päästää joku sisään, myöntää (acknowledge, affirm, allow, assent, concede, grant, recognize, say yes), laskea joku sisälle (let in), hyväksyä (accept, acknowledge, approve, pass, recognize, sanction). (various references)

   

French

  

avouer, reconnaître, confesser, admettre (to admit). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

bychtsje (acknowledge, confess, profess), bekenne (acknowledge, confess, profess). (various references)

   

German

  

zulassen (accredit, admint, admit of, allow, allow of, authorize, keep closed, leave shut, let, let in, lets, license, permit, register, to admit of, to allow, to allow of, to tolerate, tolerate), einlassen (bed in, embed, let in, run, set, sink in), eingestehen (acknowledge, confess, profess, recognize, to admit to, to own, to recognize that). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραδέχομαι (accept, allow, concede, confess), εισάγω (enter, import, induct, initiate, inject, insert, institute, introduce, prelude, usher, usher in). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"ו"ות (acknowledge, avow, confess, glorify, grant, praise), ל"כ יס (enter, insert, introduce, let in, put in, usher in), ל"רשות (allow, consent, let, permit, sanction). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megadni (concede, grant), felvesz (assess, enrol, enroll, pull on, shove on, take on, take up, to admit, to contract, to don, to enrol, to enroll, to get on, to pull on, to put on, to record, to reintroduce, to tick out), elismer (acknowledge, avow, concede, recognize, to acknowledge, to admit, to approve of, to avow, to confess, to recognize), bevall (confess, disbosom, let on, own up, to acknowledge, to admit, to avow, to confess, to let on, to make a confession, to own, to spill one's guts), beismer (confess, own up, to acknowledge, to admit, to avow, to confess, to own, to yield), beenged (let in, to let in, to let into). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

viðurkenna (concede, grant), játa (acknowledge, confess, profess). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mengalah (concede, give in, succumb, yield), mengakui (acknowledge, avow, concere, recognize), mengaku (confess). (various references)

   

Irish

  

admhaigh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

confessare (acknowledge, avouch, come clean, confess, own, profess, shrive), permettere (accord, afford, allow, authorise, authorize, bear, enable, let, license, permit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

認める (to admit, to appreciate, to approve, to notice, to recognize, to write up), 誤り'認める (to admit to a mistake), 惜しみ (be unwilling to admit defeat, make excuses, poor loser, sour grapes), け惜しみ (be unwilling to admit defeat, make excuses, poor loser, sour grapes), 言い訳が立たない (admit no excuse), 患者'入れる (to admit a patient), ぽ"引き (con-man, pimp, so-so, swindler, tout, you might say), 入れる (to admit, to bring in, to cast, to commit, to comprehend, to employ, to include, to insert, to introduce, to let in, to listen to, to pay, to put in, to set, to take in, to tolerate, to usher in), 上'る (to admit, to advance, to arrange, to arrest, to bear, to do up, to elevate, to engage, to finish, to fly, to fry, to give, to improve, to increase, to leave with, to mention, to observe, to offer, to perform, to praise, to present, to promote, to quote, to raise, to send, to stop, to usher in, to vomit). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まあね , まけおしみ (be unwilling to admit defeat, make excuses, poor loser, sour grapes), か"じゃ'いれる (to admit a patient), いいわけがたたない (admit no excuse), いれる (to admit, to bring in, to cast, to commit, to comprehend, to employ, to include, to insert, to introduce, to let in, to listen to, to pay, to put in, to put into, to set, to take in, to tolerate, to usher in), あやまり'みとめる (to admit to a mistake), あ'る (to admit, to advance, to arrange, to arrest, to bear, to do up, to elevate, to engage, to finish, to fly, to fry, to give, to improve, to increase, to leave with, to lift, to mention, to observe, to offer, to perform, to praise, to present, to promote, to quote, to raise, to send, to stop, to usher in, to vomit), みとめる (to admit, to appreciate, to approve, to notice, to recognize). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

넣으십시" (sheathe). (various references)

   

Malay

  

perbolehkan (accord, afford, allow, permit), mengaku (acknowledge, confess, profess), memperbolehkan (accord, afford, allow, permit). (various references)

   

Manx

  

lhiggey stiagh (admission, initiate, initiation, leak, leakage), cur entreilys da. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

tilstå (acknowledge, confess, profess), innrømme (allow, concede, grant). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

rekonosé (acknowledge, confess, profess, recognize), permití (accord, afford, allow, permit), konfesá (acknowledge, confess, profess). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

admitay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

wyznawać (acknowledge, confess, profess), przyznawać się (acknowledge, confess, profess), pozwalać (accord, afford, allow, permit), dopuścić. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

permitir (accept, afford, allow, brook, deign, grant, have, leave, let, licence, license, permit, receive, release, see, tolerate), consentir (accede, accept, accord, afford, allow, authorise, authorize, comply, consent, permit), confessar (acknowledge, avow, confess, own, own up, profess, recognize, unbosom). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

permite (accord, afford, allow, authorise, authorize, empower, enable, grant, indulge in, let, license, permit, permit of). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

допускать (accept, allow, allow of, concede, grant, homologate, tolerate). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

leig (accord, afford, allow, let, let go, let Irish léigim, let out, permit). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

upisati (bind, check in, chronicle, enroll, inscribe, register, subscribe, write in), pustiti (allow, let, let go, let in, let loose, let out, permit, release, run), propuštati (leak, pretermit), priznati (accord, acknowledge, avow, cede, cognize, confess, disbosom, grant, own up, recognize), primiti (accept, receive, take, take it into, take on, take over, welcome). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

confesar (acknowledge, allow, avow, confess, own, own up, profess, recognize, shrive, unburden), permitir (accord, admit of, afford, allow, allow in, allow of, allow out, cut in, emend, empower, enable, give, have, let, live, permit, suffer, treat, wear), declarar (accede, acknowledge, adjudge, adjudicate, agree, announce, come out, confess, consent, contract, declare, find, plead, proclaim, profess, pronounce, register, return, set out, start, state, testify), admitir (accept, acknowledge, admit of, allow, allow of, allow out, avow, bear, concede, confess, initiate, receive, recognize, take, take in, tell). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

medge (accord, allow, be permissive of, concede, grant, permit), erkänna (acknowledge, admit to, allow, avouch, avow, confess, own, receive, recognize). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

pahintulot (accord, afford, allow, permit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), meydan vermek (admit of, allow of, cause, let), müsaade etmek (accord, afford, allow, give one's blessing to, permit), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), itiraf etmek (acknowledge, allow, avouch, avow, avow oneself, beg, come clean, confess, own, own up, profess, recognize, stand in a white sheet, unbosom, unburden), içeri almak (let in, pass in, pass into, set back, take in, take into), ízín vermek (accord, afford, allow, permit). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

boяun almak (confess). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вміщати (house), впускати (let in), визнавати (accept, account, acknowledge, allow, avouch, avow, confess, declare, own, recognize), припускати (accept, acknowledge, concede, conjecture, infer, presume, propose, surmise, understand), поступатися (attribute, cede, comply, concede, give ground, give in, knuckle down, knuckle under, listen, relinquish, retreat, surrender, yield), погоджуватися (accede, accept, allow, comply, concede, concur, consent, give in, grant, hold with, homologate), дозволяти (admit of, allow, assent, authorize, bear, certify, consent, empower, let, licence, license, permit, tolerate), допускати (accept, admit to, allow, allow of, own, permit, suppose), давати право на посаду. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

addef (acknowledge, avow, confess, dwelling, home, own), gadael (abandon, absent onself, accord, afford, allow, depart, go away, leave, let, permit), derbyn (accept, meet, receive), cyfaddef (acknowledge, confess, own). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

chaik (accord, afford, allow, permit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Admit

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

acceperant, acceperat, acceperim, acceperint, acceperis, acceperit, acceperitis, accepero, acceperunt, acceperuntque, accepi, accepimus, accepisse, accepisset, accepissetis, accepisti, accepistis, accepit, accepitque, accepta, acceptam, acceptamque, acceptas, accepti, acceptis, acceptisque, accepto, acceptum, accepturi, accepturum, accepturus, acceptus, accipe, accipere, acciperem, acciperemus, acciperent, acciperet, accipiam, accipiamus, accipiant, accipias, accipiat, accipiatis, accipiatur, accipiebant, accipiebat, accipiemus, accipiendo, accipiendum, accipiens, accipient, accipientem, accipientes, accipientque, accipies, accipiesque, accipiet, accipietis, accipimus, accipio, accipis, accipit, accipite, accipitis, accipiunt, admisisse, admisit, admissura, admitte, admittere, agnosco, confessa, confessi, confessus, confiteamur, confiteantur, confitearis, confiteatur, confitebantur, confitebatur, confiteberis, confitebimur, confitebitur, confitebor, confitebuntur, confitemini, confitemur, confitendum, confitentem, confitentes, confitentibus, confitentium, confitentur, confiteor, confiteor confessus, confitere, confiterentur, confiteretur, confiteri, confitetur, fateor, interponeret, interposuit, intromittam, permittere, recepto. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Admit

Derivations

Words beginning with "admit": admits, admittance, admittances, admitted, admittedly, admitter, admitters, admitting. (additional references)

Words ending with "admit": coadmit, preadmit, readmit. (additional references)

Words containing "admit": coadmits, coadmitted, coadmitting, preadmits, preadmitted, preadmitting, readmits, readmitted, readmitting, unadmitted. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Admit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adamic, adamit, adbit, addit, Ademi, Adhmaid, adima, Adji, admag, Admail, admant, Admap, admay, adment, admi, admir, admist, admite, admitt, admt, adomi, adsit, aduit, advi, advit, adzit, Amcit, amita, amith, amot, amut, andit, Asmat, Asmt, azmat, Azmi, damet, Damir, damit, dammit, Damyat, Dandit, edmit, Madjit, Nadmi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Admit"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "admit" (pronounced udmi"t)
5u d m i" treadmit.
3-m i" tcommit, emit, mitt, omit, permit, remit, resubmit, Smit, submit, transmit.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Admit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-t"

-1 letter: adit, amid, dita, maid.

-2 letters: aid, aim, ait, ami, dam, dim, dit, mad, mat, mid, tad, tam.

-3 letters: ad, ai, am, at, id, it, ma, mi, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-t"
 

+1 letter: admits, admixt, amidst, diatom, mantid.

 

+2 letters: coadmit, daytime, diastem, diatoms, dismast, mantids, mastoid, matilda, mattoid, mediant, mediate, misdate, readmit, stadium.

 

+3 letters: acetamid, adamsite, admitted, admitter, animated, atomised, atomized, coadmits, dalmatic, daytimes, decimate, dementia, diamante, diameter, diastema, diastems, diatomic, digamist, diplomat, dismasts, dogmatic, dominant, dominate, dramatic, dynamist, dynamite, hematoid, imitated, impacted, imparted, impasted, maledict, manatoid, mastoids, matildas, mattoids, medalist, mediants, mediated, mediates, mediator, medicate, meditate, midwatch, migrated, misacted, misadapt, misdated, misdates, misdealt, mismated, misrated, modality, muriated, preadmit, readmits, saintdom, samizdat, stadiums, talmudic, tamarind, tidemark, timecard, toadyism, triadism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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