To suffer to enter; grant or afford entrance to: as, to admit a student into college; windows admit light and air; to admit a serious thought into the mind. To give right or means of entrance to: as, a ticket admits one into a theater; this key will admit you to the garden.
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. To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example). To entitle to enter. This ticket admits two. One who is admitted.
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 disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications.
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 example). See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings. 3. a.
Admit generally means to acknowledge or accept the truth, reality, or existence of something or someone. It can refer to confessing to a wrongdoing or error, allowing entrance or access to a place, accepting someone into a program or institution, recognizing a fact or notion, or conceding the validity of an argument or opposing viewpoint.
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 somebody something, they are usually accepting, unwillingly, that a particular fact or statement is true or logical.) to admit something that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about; to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done something wrong or illegal: