Word Meaning

admit definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.

Crossword clues for admit

- Acknowledge
- After ad, Tim returns to confess
- Allow entrance or access
- Allow entry
- Allow entry to
- Allow in
- Allow in to confess
- Allow inside
- Allow to enter or join
- Concede
- Confess
- Confess it: dam is busted!
- Confess; allow to enter
- Give entry to stadium without us around
- Initiate
- Let in
- Let in maid to cook tea
- Let on or let in
- Own up
- Own up to
- Permit entry to
- Permit inside
- Plead guilty to
- Reveal
- Stop being obstructive and confess