admit

ad-mit · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To confess or acknowledge something to be true or to be the case.

  2. 2.

    To allow someone to enter a place.

  3. 3.

    To accept as valid or true.

  4. 4.

    To accept someone into a school, organization, or institution.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    admit defeat — Accept that one has lost or failed.
  • •
    admit to — Confess to doing something.
  • •
    I must admit — Used to acknowledge something reluctantly.
  • •
    freely admit — Openly acknowledge without shame.

Related words

Antonyms: deny, exclude, reject
See also: acknowledge, admission, admitted, confess
Synonyms: accept, acknowledge, allow, confess

Etymology

From Latin admittere ("to let in, allow to enter"), from ad- ("to") + mittere ("to send").