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- pronunciation:
 d
mIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
admits, admitting, admitted |
| definition 1: |
to grant entry.
The university admits students from countries all over the world.This ticket admits you to the Saturday performance only.
- synonyms:
- induct, let in
- antonyms:
- bar, debar, discharge, eject, exclude, expel, reject
- similar words:
- accept, allow, embrace, include, install, receive, take
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| definition 2: |
to confess.
He admitted that he tried to cheat on the exam.[verb + (that) + clause
]
She admitted that she had been in love with him since they met.[verb + (that) + clause
]
The boys finally admitted breaking the window.[verb + gerund
]
- synonyms:
- avow, confess, own up to
- antonyms:
- deny, disavow
- similar words:
- acknowledge, disclose, divulge, profess, reveal
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| definition 3: |
to accept or allow as valid; concede.
All right, I admit your point on this occasion.- synonyms:
- allow, concede, grant
- antonyms:
- deny, disallow, gainsay
- similar words:
- accede, accept, acknowledge, agree, recognize, yield
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| related words: |
accord, avouch, confess, enter, initiate, testify, welcome |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to confess to a particular offense or blunder.
Although the old man admitted to the crime, the police were not convinced that he could have done it.I admit to forgetting our anniversary sometimes, but I've never forgotten your birthday.- synonyms:
- confess
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adverb + (v.)admit
candidly, cheerfully, frankly, freely, grudgingly, humbly, implicitly, openly, privately, readily, reluctantly, sheepishly, tacitly, willingly
(v.)admit
+ adverb
damned, falsely, private, publicly, ruefully, wrong
(v.)admit
+ noun
admirer,
adultery,
alcoholic,
complicity,
criteria,
cross-examination,
culpability,
defeat,
error,
fault,
guilt,
hospital,
ignorance,
infidelity,
marijuana,
misconduct,
mistake,
oath,
outset,
perjury,
shortcoming,
shrug,
trepidation,
wrongdoing
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The word admit
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
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