See Also: Admit(medicine)
admit(dictionary)
admit(dictionary)
ADMIT(law)

admit (oh)



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1 ?accept truth?
2 ?accept blame?
3 ?allow to enter?
4 ?allow to join?
5 ?hospital?
6 admit defeat
7 admit evidence
Phrasal verbs
admit of something
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: admittere, from ad- 'to' + mittere 'to send']
?ACCEPT TRUTH?
[I and T] to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right
::'Okay, so maybe I was a little bit scared,' Jenny admitted.
admit (that)
::You may not like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.
admit to sb (that)
::Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley.
::I must admit , I didn't actually do anything to help her.
:: Admit it! I'm right, aren't I?
admit (to) doing sth
::Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said.
freely/openly/frankly etc admit
(=admit without being ashamed)
::Phillips openly admits to having an alcohol problem.
?ACCEPT BLAME?
[I and T] to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal
-synonym confess confess
-opposite deny deny admit doing sth
::Greene admitted causing death by reckless driving.
admit to (doing) sth
::A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill.
::After questioning, he admitted to the murder.
::No organization has admitted responsibility for the bombing.
?ALLOW TO ENTER?
[T] to allow someone to enter a public place to watch a game, performance etc
-see also admittance admittance, admission admission admit sb to/into sth
::Only ticket-holders will be admitted into the stadium.
?ALLOW TO JOIN?
[T] to allow someone to join an organization, club etc
admit sb to/into sth
::Drake was admitted into the club in 1997.
?HOSPITAL?
[T] if people at a hospital admit someone, that person is taken in to be given treatment, tests, or care
::What time was she admitted?
be admitted to hospital
BrE be admitted to the hospital
AmE
admit defeat
to stop trying to do something because you realize you cannot succeed
::For Haskill, selling the restaurant would be admitting defeat.
admit evidence
to allow a particular piece of evidence to be used in a court of law
::Courts can refuse to admit evidence obtained illegally by police.
admit of [admit of sth] phr v
if a situation admits of a particular explanation, that explanation can be accepted as possible
::The facts admit of no other explanation.