admissions
- 1Plural of admission.
The defendant's admissions during questioning weakened his case.
Several admissions of error appeared in the company's annual report.
Note
The plural keeps its -s even before another noun: an admissions tutor, not an admission tutor. When counted, it usually means things acknowledged, such as admissions of error. In law it means statements a party concedes in answer to questioning. That separates it from a confession, which needs no prior inquiry. As a modifier it points toward the office that handles entry.
- 2The department, team, or office that processes entry into an institution such as a school or hospital, or the place where that office operates.
The university's admissions handles thousands of applications each fall.
She was hired by admissions to review transfer files.
admissions is a form of admission
admission, noun: Permission to enter a place, or the act or fact of entering; admittance or access. Full entry
- Forms
- admissionadmissions plural
- Spelling
- admission → admissions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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