admit

A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ədˈmɪt/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #1216

Meanings

1

verb
To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.

He finally admitted that he had made a mistake.
2

verb
To allow someone to enter a place, or to join a school, hospital, or organization.

The guard admitted the guests one by one.
3

verb
To have room for a particular number of people or things.

The hall can admit up to five hundred people.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to agree that something is... acknowledge

2 verb · to allow someone to enter a... allow inlet in

3 verb · to have room for a... hold

Word family

Forms admitsadmittedadmitting

Derived forms admittableadmittance admittedlyadmitteeadmitteradmittingadmittinglycoadmitnonadmittedpreadmitre-admitreadmit

Related forms admissible admission mission

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European admitten Middle English admettre Old French admittō Latin

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# admit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ədˈmɪt
**Frequency rank:** 1216

## Meanings
1. To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.
2. To allow someone to enter a place, or to join a school, hospital, or organization.
3. To have room for a particular number of people or things.

## Examples
- He finally admitted that he had made a mistake.
- The guard admitted the guests one by one.
- The hall can admit up to five hundred people.

## Derived Forms
- admittable
- admittance
- admittedly
- admittee
- admitter
- admitting
- admittingly
- coadmit
- nonadmitted
- preadmit
- re-admit
- readmit

## Related Forms
- admissible
- admission
- mission

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: admitten
- Root: admettre
- Root: admittō
- Affix: ad- - to

## Etymology
From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

## AI Etymology
Admit comes from Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- plus mittere (“to send”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *mey- (change). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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