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admission

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ædˈmɪʃ.n̩//
  • United States//ədˈmɪʃən//

The act or practice of admitting.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or practice of admitting.

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.

  2. 2

    Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access

    I request admission for two adults.

    UK cinema admissions are set to hit their lowest level since records began almost a century ago, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wiping almost £1bn from box office sales.

  3. 3

    The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.

  4. 4

    Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

  5. 5

    A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence

  6. 6

    Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

  7. 7

    The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

    There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.

Forms

plural
admissions
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).