Search Details

Word: admit (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • of|lang=en)
  • transitive To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  • transitive To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
  • transitive To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  • transitive To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »