admit
21admit — /ədˈmɪt / (say uhd mit) verb (t) (admitted, admitting) 1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to university. 2. to give right or means of entrance to. 3. to permit; allow. 4. to permit to exercise a certain function …
22admit — ad•mit [[t]ædˈmɪt[/t]] v. mit•ted, mit•ting 1) to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college[/ex] 2) to give the right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people[/ex] 3) to permit to exercise a certain… …
23admit of — ad ˈmit of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they admit of he/she/it admits of present participle admitting of past tense admitted of …
24admit — See admit, allow See admit, confess See confess, admit …
25admit of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms admit of : present tense I/you/we/they admit of he/she/it admits of present participle admitting of past tense admitted of past participle admitted of formal admit of something to show that something is… …
26admit — admittable, admittible, adj. admitter, n. /ad mit /, v., admitted, admitting. v.t. 1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college. 2. to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people. 3. to… …
27admit to — phr verb Admit to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑report Admit to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑existence, ↑fault, ↑hospital, ↑mistake …
28admit — Synonyms and related words: Americanize, Anglicize, O, OK, accept, accord, acculturate, acculturize, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquire, admit everything, admit exceptions, adopt, affiliate, agree, agree provisionally, allow, allow for, assent,… …
29admit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. let in; induct, matriculate; concede, acknowledge; receive, allow, fess or own up (inf.). See disclosure, receiving, permission. Ant., deny, refuse, repel. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grant entrance] …
30admit — to is nearly always wrong. You admit a misdeed; you do not admit to it …
