admit

admit
[[t]ædmɪ̱t[/t]]
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admits, admitting, admitted
1) VERB If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.

[V that] I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes...

[V to -ing/n] Up to two thirds of 14 to 16 year olds admit to buying drink illegally...

[V -ing] I'd be ashamed to admit feeling jealous...

[V n] None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions...

[V with quote] `Actually, most of my tennis is at club level,' he admitted.

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2) VERB: usu passive If someone is admitted to hospital, they are taken into hospital for treatment and kept there until they are well enough to go home.

[be V-ed to n] She was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature...

[be V-ed] He was admitted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs.

3) VERB If someone is admitted to an organization or group, they are allowed to join it.

[be V-ed to n] He was admitted to the Academie Culinaire de France...

[V n] The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.

4) VERB To admit someone to a place means to allow them to enter it.

[V n] Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife...

[V n to n] Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.


English dictionary. 2008.

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