admit meaning
EN
[ədˈmɪt] [-ɪt] 
US FR admit 
- VerbSGadmitsPRadmittingPT, PPadmitted
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
- A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
- They were admitted into his house.
- to admit a serious thought into the mind
- to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
- (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office 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
- (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
- the argument or fact is admitted
- he admitted his guilt
- she admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
- circumstance do not admit of this
- the text does not admit of this interpretation
- (transitive) 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."
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- she admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs
- Ah, you "believe". You do not know. So you admit that it's just wishful thinking, an ass pull not based on any facts.
- It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The petitioners ſpeak for themſelves or request the aſſiſtance of a chiauſh; for neither pleaders nor attornies are admitted.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of admit in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Verbs
- en admitted
- fr admit
- en admitting
- en admittance
- fr admittance
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "admit" is a verb, more specifically, a reporting verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.