Thesaurus: admit

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
7. v. allow to enter; grant entry to
8. v. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
9. v. admit into a group or community
10. v. afford possibility
11. v. give access or entrance to
12. v. have room for; hold without crowding