admissionn.
/ədˈmɪʃn/, U.S. /ədˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Acceptance into or appointment to an office, position, or status; spec. the institution of a member of the clergy to a benefice upon presentation to a bishop.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > admission to
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1423 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 113 He be admitted to practise, And after þe worthynes of his degre and tyme of admission, holde a place as other men don in þe counseil of Phisicians.
1446 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 158 How..the said dan Thomas Nessbitt sall be governde and rewlid towchannde his admysyon by the kyng and the bisshopp of seynt Andrews.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxi. f. cxviiv After ye deth of Edgare, stryfe arose amonges the lordes for admyssion of theyr kyng.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 103 The electioun and admissioun of ministeris.
1649 tr. King Louis XIV Declar. conc. Cessation Late Troubles 3 All the adjudicatories and admission of Officers..shall remaine in force.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 39 Admission is when the Patron presents a Clerk to a Church that is vacant, and the Bishop upon Examination admits and allows of such Clerk to be fitly qualify'd.
1758 J. Wesley Let. 8 Apr. (1931) IV. 14 Very probably I may procure your admission into Orders with a title or without.
1818 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. xi. 45 Poor Miss Phœbe was in that state which is of all others most favourable to the admission of a new lover—she had just lost an old one.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People Epil. 819 The claims of the Nonconformists were met..in 1871 by the abolition of all religious tests for admission to offices or degrees in the Universities.
1903 J. A. Spaythe Hist. Hancock County Ohio 81 He..read law with Ridgeley Powers, of Youngstown, and upon admission began practice with his preceptor.
1994 W. A. Bogart Courts & Country iv. 108 Agencies that govern admission into and regulation of the practice of law.
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a. Acknowledgement of something as valid or true; concession of a fact; acceptance, approval.
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun]
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allowancec1443
receipta1500
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confession1546
acceptance1569
entertain1616
conceding1656
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > admitting the truth of something
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?1430 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 13 Þat it lyke yow..to graunte yowr worthy lettres wittenessyng þe same acceptacion and admyssion of þe seyd resignacion.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 85 You are veray esy in the admysyon of thes fautys in the sprytualty.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 15 In admission of the same discipline, and subjection to the same supream Ecclesiastical authority.
1730 W. Whiston Hist. Mem. Life S. Clarke 30 Mr. John Hoadley..has shew'd a great Aversion to..the Admission of any old proper Christian Rules of Discipline at all.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 286 The admission of supernatural truths, is much less an active consent, than a cold and passive acquiescence.
1807 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 45 To the admission of this testimony great and serious objections have been made.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 841/2 We cannot well stop short of the admission that the Psalter must contain Davidic psalms.
1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 143 Wars do not always end with the knowledge of defeat. They only end with the admission of defeat, which is quite another thing.
1964 Jet 25 June 49 Charging that the failure on the part of a white real estate management firm to appear..constituted admission of guilt, [etc.].
2001 P. I. Good Applying Statistics in Courtroom xiii. 217 The admission of scientific evidence in one case does not automatically render that evidence admissible in another case.
b. An acknowledgement of something as valid or true; (Law) (a) a concession of the truth of an allegation or assertion without acknowledgement of guilt of a criminal charge; (b) a statement by a litigant in civil proceedings that is detrimental to the litigant's case.
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun] > an admission
grant1503
recognition1523
admission1586
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. G2v A modest admission of praise.
a1676 M. Hale Disc. Knowl. God (1688) ii. ii. 135 To suppose any thing could happen, or be without the particular determination of this Counsel, would be an admission that that thing were independent upon his Power.
1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 16 Want of an admission of this fundamental Truth has opened a door to this following wretched Assertion.
1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus 106 An admission of the fact, to which I am an absolute stranger.
1792 Viner's Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity (ed. 2) XI. 207 Fitzherbert's answer amounts to an admission that payment of the fees out of the goods of the executor is an administration.
1808 T. Peake Compend. Law Evid. 17 His wife's admission that she had agreed to pay 4s. a week was allowed to be given in evidence.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. iii. §2 247 To press the consequences of an admission into which a man has been entrapped.
1876 J. F. Stephens Law of Evid. xv An admission is a statement, oral or written, suggesting any inference as unfavourable to the conclusion contended for by the person by whom or on whose behalf the statement is made.
1926 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby 2 After boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit.
1974 U. K. Le Guin Dispossessed vi. 144 It was a well-trodden field, and his belated entry into it was taken by his colleagues as an admission that he had finally stopped trying to be original.
2010 Calgary Sun (Alberta) (Nexis) 5 Apr. 2 At some point there had to be an admission of love.
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a. The process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or group. Also figurative.
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1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 314 Resauit fra Maister Johne Fresel, elect of Ros, for the compositioun of his admissioune to the temporalitee of Ros.
1505 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 103 Ane dennar to the maisteris at his admissioun.
1548 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 4 The enteris & admissione in the craft.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 146 There was also enacted that Charitable Law, for the admission of poore Suiters..without Fee.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 14 Baptizing is the Act, or Sign of their solemn admission.
1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 425 The Manner of Admission into this Society [sc. the Faculty of Advocates] is..sometimes, tho' rarely, by a Trial in the Scots Law.
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 6 They have never found admission into any catalogue of apostolical writings.
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xvi. 296 Elegance in prose composition is mainly this: a just admission of topics and of words.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xvii. 188 They have free admission of the light of Heaven.
1903 H. Keller Story of my Life i. xx. 68 The struggle for admission to college was ended, and I could now enter Radcliffe whenever I pleased.
1926 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby 50 A simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.
2004 Item (Sumter, S. Carolina) 28 Aug. 6 a/3 I somehow gained admission to the building but could not get into the reception.
b. Access to an event, performance, exhibition, etc., esp. as paid for; a fee paid for such access. Formerly also concrete: †a ticket or pass granting such access (obsolete).
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1788 Gentleman's & London Mag. Sept. 500/2 The fishermen have inclosed it [sc. a whale] with sail cloth, and each person pays 3d. admission.
1792 Observer 4 Mar. 4/2 A mere admission for thirteen years sold the other day for fifty-eight guineas.
1802 G. F. Cooke Jrnl. 25 Sept. in W. Dunlap Mem. G. F. Cooke (1813) I. 216 Dispatched a note, containing an admission for two on Monday evening to Covent-Garden theatre.
1814 B. Hofland Merchant's Widow vi. 96 It would have bought him books, paid his admission to lectures, and added greatly to his comforts.
1884 C. South Out West xv. 244 The admission was a dollar each.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 667 World's fancy fair and waxwork exhibition.., admission 2d.
1967 Ochiltree County Herald (Texas) 15 Jan. (advt) All free—no admission.
2004 Orange Coast July 37 A series of classical duos and trios will serve up free entertainment with festival admission.
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a. An act of admitting a person to an institution, group, etc.; an instance of being admitted, esp. to an educational or medical institution.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > admission
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numerus clausus1886
open admission1960
open enrolment1964
the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > admission to a medical institution
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1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶4v Having once knowen the price of an Admission, Salting, and Matriculation, with the intertayning of Freshmenne in the Rhetorike schooles.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A4v Charged by her expresse command, to looke precisely to all admissions into the Privy-Chamber.
1692 E. Pierce Disc. Self-murder Ded. sig. A2 Those kind and gentle Effusions, at my first admission to the University.
1771 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 20/1 A complaint is daily made that the admissions into our Colleges are much fewer than they formerly were.
1857 Royal Med. & Chirurg. Soc. 20 June 631/1 The admissions to Hospital were greater among the Crimean portion of the army than among the ex-Bulgarian.
1891 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 22 A fee of £2 2s. is paid to the Common Chest by every student on each admission to a Special Examination.
1942 Ann. Internal Med. 16 655 Many cases have repeated hospital admissions and form a long line of ‘follow-ups’ in the out-patient department.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 30 Oct. 1/1 Richard W. Haines, director of admissions at Lafayette College.
2002 L. Gold Good Hosp. Guide 37 In some hospitals, they [sc. amenity rooms] can be pre-booked for planned admissions, particularly on maternity wards.
b. A person admitted to a medical or educational institution. Usually in plural.
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the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun]
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sufferer1809
cataract patient1834
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > admission > one who is admitted
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1842 Provinc. Med. Jrnl. 19 Nov. 144/2 Of the new admissions, the first is John Dean.
1866 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Apr. 483 About one-half of our admissions are from a large seaport city, and many of these from its worst classes.
1909 School Work Feb. 427/2 It is required that admissions to the school be classified by ages with respect to origin, that is, as to whether they come from another public school in the city, [etc.].
1961 Lancet 29 July 238/2 This would explain why our present admissions are more severely ill than the earlier group.
1989 Guardian 25 July 30/1 UCCA provides some clues, analysing candidates and admissions by social class.
2005 P. Turner Reality Nursing in Amer. i. 16 Call the admitting physician to obtain orders if a new admission arrives with no written orders.
Compounds
C1. attributive (in sense 3b), as admission fee, admission ticket, etc.
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1779 Mirror 12 June I shall..present you with a dozen admission tickets.
1842 Knickerbocker 20 498 Certain persons..being stationed at the gates to exact..admission fees.
1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx No one demands an admission fee.
1948 Gainesville (Texas) Daily Reg. 3 July 6/2 The admission price will be upped to six-bits, which shouldn't draw any kicks from fans.
1986 Highland News 27 Sept. 52/4 Anyone who has paid to get into the ground will be able to use their admission ticket as a pass-out.
2008 Boys' Life Dec. 12/1 I collect admission passes from movies, plays, zoos, amusement parks and more.
C2. attributive (in sense 4).
a. With first element in singular form, as admission officer, admission procedure, admission tutor, etc.
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1896 Hospital 26 Dec. 219/2 An admission officer standing among a crowd of applicants and giving admissions to the most plausible among them.
1919 Univ. Texas Bull. 25 Apr. 32 Admission conditions may be removed..by taking..the regular admission examination.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 138/2 The mental hospital admission rate in England and Wales for ‘Manic-depressive Psychosis’ in 1956–57 was 14 times that in the U.S.A.
1984 Times 2 May 3/1 The advanced supplementary, or AS level, will require two years of study, cover at least half the ground of an A level, and be worth half an A level to employers and..admission tutors.
1988 Internat. Jrnl. Law & Psychiatry 11 264 A small number of states provide for an alternative ‘informal’ admission procedure.
2004 D. Martin & B. Martin Nevada in your Future iii. 60 Admission requirements: High school GPA of 2.0, high school transcript, essay and two personal recommendations.
b. With first element in plural form, as admissions officer, admissions policy, admissions tutor, etc.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > admission > one who admits
admissions tutor1966
1919 Independent (N.Y.) 5 Apr. 20/3 An interview with the admissions officer.
1966 Listener 24 Nov. 767/2 That ‘spark of originality’ for which the university admissions tutor is looking.
1970 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 4/6 Rising costs are driving away middle-income students from some of America's Ivy League universities,..admissions officers say.
1988 Oxf. Today 1 Michaelmas 46/3 There seemed no clear call for a further review of our admissions policies at this stage.
2006 A. Robbins Overachievers viii. 201 Matt routinely retrieved a batch of fifty green color-coded folders from the admissions office.
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admission day n. (a) a day on which admittance to a place is permitted or recorded; (b) (in certain U.S. states) the anniversary of accession to the United States of America (usually with capital initials).
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1761 London & Environs Described VI. 27 If any persons omit to attend according to their turn on the admission days, they will be excluded, and cannot have the benefit of this charity.
1854 Pioneer Oct. 238 ‘Admission Day’—the Ninth of September—the day of all days for California.
1896 Liverpool Medico-chirurg. Jrnl. Jan. 67 The admission-day was once a week, on a Thursday, between the hours of 9 and 12.
1994 J. C. Harbert Doctor in House 7 Hospitals operate like hotels; there is a time when each admission day begins and ends.
2009 Variety (Electronic ed.) 7 Dec. 51 Naysayers claim Admission Day celebrates an unlawful process that began with the arrival of missionaries and foreign landowners more than two centuries ago.
admission money n. †(a) (perhaps) money paid as a poll tax (obsolete); (b) money paid for access to an event, performance, or exhibition, or for membership of a society (cf. Compounds 1); the revenue from this.
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1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus 378 Neither had Ioseph or Mary any other purpose or occasion to visit Bethleem, besides obedience to the Emperours decree..and perhaps for paying some head-silver, or admission money.
1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. ii. 77 Some small Admission-money, and weekly Contributions amongst themselves.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. x. 270 This Society, by Royal, and other Benefactions, the Admission Money, and annual Contributions of its Members, is in a flourishing Condition.
1825 Morning Chron. 2 June 3/2 To give him a general passport to the Theatre, without paying any admission money.
1958 Billboard 6 Jan. 50/4 The roofed stage and grandstand produced $71,740 in admission money.
2008 J. Andrews Home i. 8 Her mother at the entrance collecting the admission money.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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