admit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: admit	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for admit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
admit v declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" Synonym(s): admit, acknowledge Antonym(s): deny allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" Synonym(s): admit, allow in, let in, intromit Antonym(s): refuse, reject, turn away, turn down 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" Synonym(s): admit, let in, include Antonym(s): exclude, keep out, shut, shut out 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" Synonym(s): accept, admit, take, take on afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" Synonym(s): admit, allow give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard" 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" Synonym(s): accommodate, hold, admit serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Admit \Admit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See {Missile}.] 1. 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. 2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse. 3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail. 4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt. 5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume.