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 …

ADMIT definition: 1. to agree that something is true, especially unwillingly: 2. to accept that you have failed and…. Learn more.

Admit definition: to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to.. See examples of ADMIT used in a sentence.

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 …

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 you admit something, you confess that it happened. It wasn't easy to admit that you'd broken the vase, but how else could you explain that your hand was glued to it? Besides …

Factsheet What does the verb admit mean? There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb admit. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

admit is a verb, admissible is an adjective, admission is a noun: The criminal admitted his guilt. The evidence was not admissible in a court of law. His statement was an admission of guilt. …

admit of [phrasal verb] admit of (something) formal : to allow or permit (something, such as an answer or solution)

admit verb (ALLOW) to allow someone to enter somewhere, especially to take someone who is sick into hospital: UK to be admitted to hospital / US to be admitted to the hospital