acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination. acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed. admit implies reluctance to …

ADMIT definition: 1. to agree that something is true, especially unwillingly: 2. to accept that you have failed and…. Learn more.

Admit definition: to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to.. See examples of ADMIT used in a sentence.

To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede: Even proponents of the technology admit that it doesn't always work as well as it should. b. To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for …

Definition of admit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To admit someone to a place means to allow them to enter it. Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife. [VERB noun]

When you admit something, you confess that it happened. It wasn't easy to admit that you'd broken the vase, but how else could you explain that your hand was glued to it? Besides meaning "confess," …

admit of [phrasal verb] admit of (something) formal : to allow or permit (something, such as an answer or solution)

admit is a verb, admissible is an adjective, admission is a noun: The criminal admitted his guilt. The evidence was not admissible in a court of law. His statement was an admission of guilt. ad•mit (ad …

• Shortly before his third birthday, Andrew was admitted to the same country hospital in which he had been born. admit to (doing) something • Or, he could do the tough thing, which is admit to a problem …