- admission
- noun1 entranceADJECTIVE▪ free, half-price▪ emergency▪
emergency admissions to hospital
▪ cinema (BrE), theatre/theater▪ accident and emergency (abbreviated to A & E) (BrE), emergency-room (abbreviated to ER) (AmE), hospital▪70% of hospital admissions are associated with alcohol.
▪ college, law-school, school, university▪ graduate, undergraduate (both esp. AmE)▪ open, selective (both esp. AmE)VERB + ADMISSION▪ apply for, seek▪He's applied for admission to the local college.
▪ gain▪to gain admission to one of the best schools
▪ grant sb▪ refuse sbADMISSION + NOUN▪ charge, fee, price▪ criteria, policy▪ procedure▪ rate▪hospital admission rates
▪ admissions department, admissions office▪ admissions director, admissions officer▪ process▪ admissions requirements (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ on admission▪On admission to hospital you will be examined by a doctor.
▪ admission to2 statement admitting sthADJECTIVE▪ clear, frank, full▪This is a clear admission that you were wrong.
▪ tacit▪ grudgingVERB + ADMISSION▪ makePREPOSITION▪ admission of▪She has made no admission of any involvement in the plot.
PHRASES▪ an admission of defeat, an admission of failure, an admission of guilt, an admission of liability▪She saw his leaving the company as an admission of failure.
▪ by sb's own admission▪By his own admission he should never have driven so fast.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
