# admit

Pronunciation: say "ad-MIT" /ədˈmɪt/

## Verb

1. To concede that something is true; to acknowledge a fact or accusation, especially one that can no longer be denied.
   - Simple: To say that something is true, even when you do not want to.
   - _The company refused to admit any wrongdoing in the settlement._
   - _Under questioning, the suspect admitted to being near the warehouse that night._
2. To accept (someone) into a profession or organization, or to allow (someone) to enjoy a right or privilege.
   - Simple: To officially accept someone into a school, club, or profession.
   - _The society will admit only three new fellows this year, chosen for their published research._
   - _The guild admitted apprentices only after seven years of training._
3. To allow to enter or be taken in, whether into a physical place, into the mind, or into consideration.
   - Simple: To let a person or thing come in or be accepted.
   - _Each pass admits two visitors to the exhibit._
   - _The judge declined to admit the recording into evidence._
4. To accept (a patient) into a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
   - Simple: To take someone into a hospital so doctors can care for them there.
   - _After reviewing the scans, the surgeon chose to admit the patient overnight._
   - _The doctors decided to admit her overnight so they could keep an eye on her breathing._
5. To allow or leave room for something; to make it possible (often followed by of).
   - Simple: To allow something to happen or be possible, or to leave room for it.
   - _The contract's language admits more than one interpretation._
   - _Some truths admit of no simple explanation._

## Origin

Latin admittō ("to allow entrance," literally "to send to"), built from ad- ("to") and mittere ("to send"), passed into Old French as admettre; English borrowed it from there, and in Middle English it was admitten.

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