admission
pronunciation
How to pronounce admission in British English:
UK [ədˈmɪʃn]
How to pronounce admission in American English:
US [ədˈmɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of admitting someone to enter
- an acknowledgment of the truth of something
- the fee charged for admission
Word Origin
- admission (n.)
- early 15c., "acceptance, reception, approval," from Latin admissionem (nominative admissio) "a letting in," noun of action from past participle stem of admittere (see admit). Meaning "an acknowledging" is from 1530s. Sense of "a literal act of letting in" is from 1620s. As short for admission price, by 1792.
Synonym
concession allowance accedence approval admitting consent recognition granting concurrence assent acquiescence admittance agreement
welcome acceptance recognition entry acknowledgment entrance access inclusion admittance introduction entree greeting reception incorporation embracement
on disclosure confession making letting declaration up known utterance exposure profession revelation owning admission acknowledgment divulgence expression
Antonym
Example
- 1. The admission will intensify doubts about the election result .
- 2. Businesses that help foreigners gain admission are also flowering .
- 3. I realise that such an admission will garner disapproval in some quarters .
- 4. Will the balkan countries really submerge their ethnic antagonisms simply to gain admission to a troubled european union ?
- 5. It is also an admission of weakness .