admit

verbe

1. 1

   To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.

   to admit a serious thought into the mind

   to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

   A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

   They were admitted into his house.

2. 2

   To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

   to admit an attorney to practice law

   The prisoner was admitted to bail.

3. 3

   To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).

   the argument or fact is admitted

   He admitted his guilt.

   She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs.

   However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.

4. 4

   To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

   The words do not admit such a construction.

   Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

   There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.

   I received a phone call last Wednesday telling me Carl Wittman had died. We had heard that he had been diagnosed several weeks before as having AIDS, but that his prognosis admitted a possible 18 more months.

5. 5

   To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.

   Circumstances do not admit of this.

   The text does not admit of this interpretation.

6. 6

   To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

   "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."

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