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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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the act, process, or result of allowing entry.
She was in charge of the admission of sick people to the hospital.They were refused admission to the restaurant because they were barefoot.- synonyms:
- entrée, entrance, entry
- antonyms:
- expulsion
- similar words:
- access, arrival, ingress
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| definition 2: |
the price for entry.
Admission to this movie is only two dollars.- similar words:
- cost, fare, price, ticket
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| definition 3: |
the act of confessing.
We read about the mayor's admission of guilt in the newspaper this morning.- synonyms:
- confession
- similar words:
- acknowledgment, avowal, profession
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| definition 4: |
acknowledgment or acceptance of a point at issue.
His admission of the other candidate's point during the debate surprised us.- synonyms:
- concession
- antonyms:
- denial
- similar words:
- acknowledgment, surrender
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| related words: |
acceptance, confession, declaration, intimacy |
adjective + (n.)admission
affirmative,
associate,
automatic,
charging,
closed,
competitive,
consecutive,
daily,
eligible,
general,
guaranteed,
immigrant,
open,
preferential,
prior,
racial,
regular,
required,
selective,
standardized,
startling,
stunning,
suggested,
tacit,
tantamount,
temporary,
unlimited
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verb + (n.)admission
amount, charge, delay, deny, gain, include, qualify, reserve, screen
(n.)admission
+ verb
discharge, discriminate, graduate, hire, process, shop
noun + (n.)admission
advance,
apology,
applicant,
application,
campus,
cent,
certificate,
college,
consideration,
dean,
directive,
director,
discount,
emergency,
examination,
faculty,
graduate,
hiring,
hospice,
hospital,
inpatient,
minority,
museum,
nursing,
preference,
price,
quota,
race,
recruitment,
refugee,
registrar,
undergraduate,
university,
zoo
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The word admission
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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