admit

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. Source: opted

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

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

6. v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of Source: wordnet

7. v. allow to enter; grant entry to Source: wordnet

8. v. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of Source: wordnet

9. v. admit into a group or community Source: wordnet

10. v. afford possibility Source: wordnet

11. v. give access or entrance to Source: wordnet

12. v. have room for; hold without crowding Source: wordnet

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