admit
pronunciation
How to pronounce admit in British English:
UK [ədˈmɪt]
How to pronounce admit in American English:
US [ədˈmɪt]
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- Verb:
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- allow to enter; grant entry to
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- admit into a group or community
- afford possibility
- give access or entrance to
- have room for; hold without crowding
- serve as a means of entrance
Word Origin
- admit
- admit: [15] This is one of a host of words, from mission to transmit, to come down to English from Latin mittere ‘send’. Its source, admittere, meant literally ‘send to’, hence ‘allow to enter’. In the 15th and 16th centuries the form amit was quite common, borrowed from French amettre, but learned influence saw to it that the more ‘correct’ Latin form prevailed.=> commit, mission, transmit
- admit (v.)
- late 14c., "let in," from Latin admittere "to allow to enter, let in, let come, give access," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "to concede as valid or true" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Admitted; Admitting.
Example
- 1. I admit that I used banned substances .
- 2. Yale may also admit more students .
- 3. 1855 The university of iowa becomes the first state school to admit women .
- 4. At the reception desk , a mother pleads with staff to admit her son .
- 5. Inside the johnson wax building , opaque layers of glass tubes admit light and create the illusion of openness .