Dictionary entry details
• ADMIT (verb)
Meaning:
Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
acknowledge; admit
Context examples:
He admitted his errors / She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
Hypernyms (to "admit" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "admit"):
attorn (acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord)
write off (concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody)
make no bones about (acknowledge freely and openly)
sustain (admit as valid)
concede; confess; profess (admit, make a clean breast of)
confess (confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith)
confess; fink; shrive; squeal (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure)
avouch; avow (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
deny (declare untrue; contradict)
Meaning:
Allow to enter; grant entry to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
intromit; allow in; admit; let in
Context example:
We cannot admit non-members into our club
Hypernyms (to "admit" is one way to...):
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "admit"):
repatriate (admit back into the country)
readmit (admit anew)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Antonym:
reject (refuse entrance or membership)
Meaning:
Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
let in; admit; include
Context examples:
admit someone to the profession / She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
Hypernyms (to "admit" is one way to...):
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "admit"):
induct; initiate (accept young people into society, usually with some rite)
readmit (admit again or anew)
involve (engage as a participant)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Antonym:
exclude (prevent from entering; shut out)
Meaning:
Admit into a group or community
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
take on; admit; accept; take
Context examples:
accept students for graduate study / We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Hypernyms (to "admit" is one way to...):
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "admit"):
profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot admit Sue
Meaning:
Afford possibility
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
admit; allow
Context examples:
This problem admits of no solution / This short story allows of several different interpretations
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Give access or entrance to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The French doors admit onto the yard
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Have room for; hold without crowding
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
accommodate; admit; hold
Context examples:
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests / The theater admits 300 people / The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "admit"):
sleep (be able to accommodate for sleeping)
house (contain or cover)
seat (be able to seat)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Serve as a means of entrance
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This ticket will admit one adult to the show
Hypernyms (to "admit" is one way to...):
do; serve (spend time in prison or in a labor camp)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
