admit

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US /ədˈmɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #1216

Meanings

1

verb
To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.

Usage: For acknowledgment, use admit that or admit doing something. The speaker accepts that something is true, often when it is difficult or embarrassing to say so.

I admit that I forgot to attach the document to my email.

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.

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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

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Simplified etymology

Admit entered English in the late Middle Ages and comes from a Latin compound of ad-, “to,” and mittere, “to send” or “let go.” It shares the verbal root mittere with permit, submit, and transmit.

Etymology

Through French admettre, from Latin admittō, to allow entry or send to, combining ad- with mittere, to send.

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

## Usage Notes
- To agree that something is true, often unwillingly.: For acknowledgment, use admit that or admit doing something. The speaker accepts that something is true, often when it is difficult or embarrassing to say so.

## Examples
- I admit that I forgot to attach the document to my email.
- 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
- Root: mittere - to send

## Etymology
Through French admettre, from Latin admittō, to allow entry or send to, combining ad- with 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
- Actions & Processes

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