Definition of admit in English:

admit

verbadmitting, admitted, admits ədˈmɪtədˈmɪt

1reporting verb Confess to be true or to be the case.
with clause the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured
with direct speech ‘I am feeling pretty tired,’ Jane admitted
Example sentencesExamples
- Mackay admitted that this was probably true, and that the deadline for reviewing the books to be culled had been moved to Christmas.
- A sport dominated by statistics has finally admitted that the numbers don't add up, says Dave Hannigan
- Her defense attorney had admitted his client ran an illegal bank, but distanced her from the deadly Golden Venture.
- At the trial she admitted that was not true because something did happen.
- Actually, what I think is worthy of mention is that the government has finally admitted that there's a problem.
- Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not true.
- During one of the wettest spells this spring water bosses have finally admitted that Hampshire is likely to face a hosepipe ban.
- But today, the Secretary of the Defence Department admitted that wasn't true.
- This year I can't even claim ‘error’ on forms, I have to admit my true age.
- Months passed, and I finally admitted that my symptoms weren't going away and made an appointment with the infectious disease team.
- Scottish Enterprise has finally admitted that something may be wrong.
- He fumbled, threw out an incorrect figure, and finally admitted that he really didn't know the correct numbers.
- And he finally admitted that he didn't have a motorcycle!
- She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true.
- The agency finally admitted that they weren't sure of what was going on.
- Finally, she had admitted that she used swear words, although she had said in interview that she did not.
- I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water.
- Anyway… they finally admitted that the ‘Pete is dead’ thing was a hoax.
- As she wiped tears from her eye I finally admitted that it had been rather amusing.
- When contacted by the Daily News, she admitted that it was all very true.
Synonyms
acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak
1. 1.1with object Confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)
  he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary
  no object the paramilitaries admitted to the illegal possession of arms
  Example sentencesExamples
  But he also admitted responsibility for the problem as they stopped short of garbage disposal and did not take up environmental issues.
  Judge Hans Bachl threw out the confession when the trial opened, although he admitted the crime during proceedings.
  Questioned in prison, he admitted both break-ins.
  He was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting the fraud, but was released within four months.
  Another man has admitted the crime, and DNA evidence has backed his confession.
  Now he faces prison again after admitting fresh offences, including a bungled attempt to steal two laptops from the Great Western Hospital.
  I can now report back to you, that the police have arrested a person for the theft and that they have admitted the crime.
  He is today starting six-and-a-half years in prison after admitting manslaughter and robbery in York earlier this year.
  He was convicted of kidnap and murder in July after he admitted the crimes.
  He was put on probation for three years after admitting the crime.
  The Council was fined #25,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of one of its employees.
  ‘He's been badly advised,’ he remarked of the midfielder's decision, as if the real crime was in admitting the offence.
  There are many ways that presidents admit responsibility besides publicly issuing the big mea culpa.
  Mr Brown would have been eligible for parole 10 years ago if he'd shown he had ‘come to terms with his offending’ by admitting the crime.
  Reports had him admitting the crime to FBI agents, having called 911 to seek help after apparently hearing voices; later, he insisted that he was innocent.
  One cannot just walk away from the scene of the crime without admitting wrongdoing.
  But now Mr Smith has discovered that the van driver will not face any charge, despite admitting responsibility.
  After examining the car, the dealer assured me there was no damage, and provided a letter admitting responsibility.
  She admitted robbery and three charges of shoplifting and asked for five other offences to be taken into consideration.
  But last week he had his sentence cut by four years - appeal judges said he had not been given enough credit for admitting his crimes.
  Synonyms
  acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak
2. 1.2with object Acknowledge (a failure or fault)
  after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat
  Example sentencesExamples
  It takes a good leader to not only recognize, but admit defeat.
  For some investors it is tantamount to admitting failure.
  Those egomaniacs did the most difficult thing in their careers: They admitted failure.
  Yet despite essentially admitting failure in completing their task, not one of these people resigned as an act of taking responsibility.
  Jefferson admitted failure and agreed to repeal the embargo.
  I don't underestimate the challenges we face trying to increase pension coverage but I'm not prepared to admit failure yet.
  A sub-zero wind chased us round every corner, but since moving downstairs would be to admit defeat, we stayed put for an hour and a quarter and slowly solidified into blocks of ice.
  The good-looking wonderkid who can't ever admit defeat.
  Cornelius, however, admits that failure to score from penalty corners is a cause for worry in the absence of the talented Jugraj Singh.
  Rather than admit defeat, the college used the Internet to launch lecture notes and coursework assignments into cyberspace, and held whole lectures online.
  In his representations he admits this failure.
  So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals.
  Perhaps he is admitting his failures and incompetence as a teacher in front of a council of which he is the president.
  Are you embarrassed to swallow your pride and admit your oversight?
  Meanwhile, the Advocate General admitted government's failure to comply with court orders.
  His refusal to admit failure was breathtaking.
  Six weeks later several flustered psychiatrists had to admit failure.
  He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure.
  I didn't want to move back home; I didn't want to admit defeat.
  When will they be gracious enough to admit failure?
2usually admit towith object Allow (someone) to enter a place.
old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum
Example sentencesExamples
- I almost didn't come because I was afraid you would ask me to tell you what I know before admitting me to your cloister.
- What a lucky day Emma thought to herself as Mrs. Watson held out the yellow slip admitting her to the in school detention room.
- When will bar management realise that they are not doing customers a favour by admitting them to their bar, without customers there would be no bar.
- Arriving at the simulator, the doors opened with their usual whir of motors, admitting her to the inside of the simulator.
- The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin.
Synonyms
let in, allow entry, permit entry, grant entrance to, give right of entry to, give access to, give admission to, accept, take in, usher in, show in, receive, welcome
take on, enrol, enlist, register, sign up
1. 2.1 Receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment.
  she was admitted to hospital suffering from a chest infection
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many more people could be diabetic but are not aware until they have been admitted to hospital for treatment.
  The Appellant had been under treatment when he was admitted to the hospital but he had failed to take his medicine since May, 2003.
  His name has rarely appeared in the media since he was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke.
  Hospital chiefs are so aware of MRSA they are beginning to test patients before they are admitted to hospital.
  There are costs for using Patientline, and details are provided to patients when they are admitted to hospital.
  Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
  She confirmed that police dogs had bitten him and that he had been admitted to hospital for treatment.
  When his parents broke up, he said he might kill himself, and he was admitted to hospital and began treatment.
  If patients required observation or further testing they were admitted to hospital.
  Patients were observed until they were admitted to hospital with a stroke, stopped taking their antipsychotic, died, or the study ended.
  These have become routine in the NHS to ensure patients are fit for surgery before they are admitted to hospital, mainly in an effort to reduce the number of cancelled operations.
  While the authors admit that, on average, heart-failure patients are slightly more likely to die if they are admitted to district general hospitals, there is also a wide variation between city teaching hospitals.
  Patients were excluded if they were admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure in the preceding three years.
  In November 1997, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a urinary tract infection.
  In the United Kingdom there is considerable interest in the notion of booked admissions, whereby patients are told the date they will be admitted to hospital possibly months in advance.
  Three days after seeing his father, Mr Craven received a call that he had been admitted to Airedale Hospital with pneumonia.
  For example, several patients who rang NHS Direct were admitted to hospital within 24 hours, but a significant number of these had not received advice to seek urgent medical help.
  Parra and her colleagues began monitoring the breathing of stroke patients shortly after they were admitted to hospital following strokes and calculated an apnoea index for each one.
  By 11, when she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of anorexia nervosa, she weighed 42 pounds.
  Whiteley never missed a single episode of Countdown until he was admitted to hospital last month suffering from pneumonia.
2. 2.2 Allow (a person, country, etc.) to join an organization.
  Canada was admitted to the League of Nations
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cause of the standoff was ASEAN's decision to admit Myanmar to the group three years ago.
  In 1972 he had Ivory Coast vote against admitting China to the United Nations.
  The present US administration would admit us to Nafta: whether or not that is a solution, it is at least a strong card to play.
  The second episode looks at how, despite tensions, contacts happen across the continent through trade and personal exchange, and in the final programme Misha Glenny explores the prospect of admitting Turkey to the EU.
  ‘The continental body of all pool associations have admitted us to their circuit and beginning next year Zambia would be able to participate in all regional and international championships,’ he said.
  ‘I believe that as this century unfolds and people look back on this day, they will conclude that in admitting China to the WTO we took a decisive step in strengthening the global economic trading system,’ he said.
  The dairy groups note that once China is admitted to the World Trade Organization, the country will cut tariffs on key dairy products by ‘as much as five-fold, making imported dairy products less expensive to Chinese consumers.’
  His parents admitted him to the Thuraiyur branch of the Spastics Society of Tiruchi six years ago.
  The same year, South Africa was admitted to the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY and rejoined the Commonwealth.
  As these new elites increasingly command resources and power in China's economy, Jiang has argued, the party faces the necessity of co-opting them by admitting them to the party itself.
  It is believed almost certain that China will be admitted to the membership of the World Trade Organization in the first half of this year.
  And in fairness to the Bush administration, they've been pretty steadfast in urging the European Union to admit Turkey to their club.
  The package deal also abolished the Allied High Commission in Germany, ended the occupation statute, and admitted Federal Germany to Nato.
  This month Anthony de Jasay reflects upon the implications of admitting Turkey to the European Union.
  Japanese, Vietnamese and EU foreign ministers agreed Friday to find ways this month to resolve the row between Asia and the European Union over admitting Myanmar to the Asia-Europe Meeting, a Japanese official said.
  The 120-year-old Hopwood Unionist Club allows them to become associate members, but they cannot become full members, which would admit them to the games room and grant them voting rights.
  In return for Putin's support, Washington will remove economic sanctions and admit Russia to the World Trade Organization.
  Synonyms
  introduce, initiate, enrol, recruit, convert
3. 2.3 Allow (someone) to share in a privilege.
  he was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1583
  Example sentencesExamples
  The 1792 Act removed the legal bar to Catholics holding corporate office, but inasmuch as corporations continued to decline to admit them to the freedom, this was a nugatory achievement.
3with object Accept as valid.
the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained
Example sentencesExamples
- The issue was raised as to whether similar fact evidence should be admitted considering the possibility of collusion and therefore contamination of the evidence.
- But Johnson dismissed this argument, and allowed his police statement to be admitted as evidence.
- If, or when, the technique is widely accepted, a judge may have to decide whether to admit test results as evidence.
- The first was unrecorded and the trial judge refused to allow it to be admitted into evidence.
- And some legal experts say whether this evidence is admitted could be one of the most important decisions made so far.
- The confession, however, was drafted in the UK, and the Bulgarian court refused to admit it as evidence in support of Shields.
- One is that the trial judge was wrong to admit a series of evidence including a taped police interview with him.
- Instead, the judge can admit evidence such as statements made to the police by witnesses.
- But in a letter sent towards the end of his trial, he admitted the evidence against him ‘appears bad’.
- I wholly accept that the doctrine admits the hearsay statements, not only where the declarant is dead or otherwise not available but when he is called as a witness.
- There is a difference between refusing to admit evidence and not reading it at all.
- The motion to admit fresh evidence was received following the release of the Reasons for Decision.
- But even if the Court gets to that issue, Otis thinks it will probably find that the physical evidence should have been admitted.
- In my view, refusing to admit this evidence does not amount to ‘taking a technical position’.
- But as Dr. Lee said, this is the kind of evidence that has been admitted for 20 years.
- The District Judge took the view that ‘a judgment is a judgment is a judgment’ and refused to admit the evidence.
- But the court in the Mobley case refused to admit this evidence.
4admit ofno object Allow the possibility of.
the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay
Example sentencesExamples
- Now it's true that, to liberals, some of these principles admit of exceptions - but surely this is true of conservatives, too.
- Good and evil are to be defined as absolutes on religious authority, admitting of neither critical judgement nor reduction.
- But as I say, the situation doesn't admit of half measures.
- All but the most extreme pacifists will admit of a case where it might be immoral or amoral not to use force, if not to defend oneself then to defend others.
- This young man's perception of his career prospects admitted of no ambiguity - he was conscious of his role in the promotion of the cause of the Empire and his intellectual superiority to the common run.
- But mainstream Islam admits of succession of saints.
- In the ordinary course of events, to hold a wedding ceremony is a purely private matter that admits of no indiscreet remarks from other people.
- Such provisions sometimes admit of multiple interpretations, especially when jurists ignore the relevant history and precedents.
- To me, art like peaks does not admit of improvement.
- In an international environment consisting of sovereign states, admitting of no higher authority, order is sufficiently vulnerable.
- As formulated, the account would appear to admit of counterexamples.
- That's all well and good, but that a concept admits of many shades of grey doesn't mean there's no black and white.
- Each of these questions admits of several answers, many of them equally ‘valid.’
- Moreover, it's not even certain that philosophical problems admit of solutions at all.
- We have post-modernism, which admits of no values which are not relative.
- It is not easy to translate these abstract generalities into terms that admit of a genuine comparison with our own democratic achievements…
- Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad should the revisability of logic and mathematics permit their ultimately admitting of a justification that didn't involve experience.
- It distributed about 4,000 bread and coal tickets each winter, a number which could be usefully increased if the funds of the society admitted of such extension.
- Finally, as a little light relief, there are the questions that admit of only one possible time unit.
- But upon ramping up the standard to what he finds minimally acceptable, the standard admits of context dependent variation.
Synonyms
allow, permit, authorize, sanction, condone, indulge, agree to, accede to, approve of

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin admittere, from ad- 'to' + mittere 'send'.

permit from Late Middle English:
This word was originally used in the sense ‘commit, hand over’: it is from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ and mittere ‘send, let go’. ‘Written order giving permission’ is recorded from the early 18th century. Permission and permissive are also late Middle English. Permissive society dates from the 1970s. Latin mittere is the base of a number of other Latin words found in English such as admit with ad ‘to’; submit from sub ‘under’; transmit from trans ‘across’. All are Late Middle English.

Rhymes

acquit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit

Definition of admit in US English:

admit

verbədˈmɪtədˈmit

1reporting verb Confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance.
with clause the office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured
with direct speech “I am feeling pretty tired,” Jan admitted
I have to admit I was relieved when he left
with object she admitted her terror of physical contact
Example sentencesExamples
- I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water.
- This year I can't even claim ‘error’ on forms, I have to admit my true age.
- Scottish Enterprise has finally admitted that something may be wrong.
- Months passed, and I finally admitted that my symptoms weren't going away and made an appointment with the infectious disease team.
- At the trial she admitted that was not true because something did happen.
- Actually, what I think is worthy of mention is that the government has finally admitted that there's a problem.
- She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true.
- He fumbled, threw out an incorrect figure, and finally admitted that he really didn't know the correct numbers.
- When contacted by the Daily News, she admitted that it was all very true.
- Finally, she had admitted that she used swear words, although she had said in interview that she did not.
- And he finally admitted that he didn't have a motorcycle!
- Anyway… they finally admitted that the ‘Pete is dead’ thing was a hoax.
- During one of the wettest spells this spring water bosses have finally admitted that Hampshire is likely to face a hosepipe ban.
- The agency finally admitted that they weren't sure of what was going on.
- A sport dominated by statistics has finally admitted that the numbers don't add up, says Dave Hannigan
- Her defense attorney had admitted his client ran an illegal bank, but distanced her from the deadly Golden Venture.
- As she wiped tears from her eye I finally admitted that it had been rather amusing.
- Mackay admitted that this was probably true, and that the deadline for reviewing the books to be culled had been moved to Christmas.
- But today, the Secretary of the Defence Department admitted that wasn't true.
- Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not true.
Synonyms
acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak
1. 1.1with object Confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it)
  he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary
  no object he had admitted to all seven charges against him
  Example sentencesExamples
  But last week he had his sentence cut by four years - appeal judges said he had not been given enough credit for admitting his crimes.
  I can now report back to you, that the police have arrested a person for the theft and that they have admitted the crime.
  After examining the car, the dealer assured me there was no damage, and provided a letter admitting responsibility.
  ‘He's been badly advised,’ he remarked of the midfielder's decision, as if the real crime was in admitting the offence.
  Mr Brown would have been eligible for parole 10 years ago if he'd shown he had ‘come to terms with his offending’ by admitting the crime.
  Questioned in prison, he admitted both break-ins.
  Reports had him admitting the crime to FBI agents, having called 911 to seek help after apparently hearing voices; later, he insisted that he was innocent.
  One cannot just walk away from the scene of the crime without admitting wrongdoing.
  But now Mr Smith has discovered that the van driver will not face any charge, despite admitting responsibility.
  Another man has admitted the crime, and DNA evidence has backed his confession.
  He was put on probation for three years after admitting the crime.
  He was convicted of kidnap and murder in July after he admitted the crimes.
  He was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting the fraud, but was released within four months.
  She admitted robbery and three charges of shoplifting and asked for five other offences to be taken into consideration.
  The Council was fined #25,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of one of its employees.
  But he also admitted responsibility for the problem as they stopped short of garbage disposal and did not take up environmental issues.
  Judge Hans Bachl threw out the confession when the trial opened, although he admitted the crime during proceedings.
  Now he faces prison again after admitting fresh offences, including a bungled attempt to steal two laptops from the Great Western Hospital.
  There are many ways that presidents admit responsibility besides publicly issuing the big mea culpa.
  He is today starting six-and-a-half years in prison after admitting manslaughter and robbery in York earlier this year.
  Synonyms
  acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak
2. 1.2 Acknowledge (a failure or fault)
  after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat
  no object he admits to having lied
  Example sentencesExamples
  In his representations he admits this failure.
  For some investors it is tantamount to admitting failure.
  Perhaps he is admitting his failures and incompetence as a teacher in front of a council of which he is the president.
  The good-looking wonderkid who can't ever admit defeat.
  Yet despite essentially admitting failure in completing their task, not one of these people resigned as an act of taking responsibility.
  A sub-zero wind chased us round every corner, but since moving downstairs would be to admit defeat, we stayed put for an hour and a quarter and slowly solidified into blocks of ice.
  Rather than admit defeat, the college used the Internet to launch lecture notes and coursework assignments into cyberspace, and held whole lectures online.
  Six weeks later several flustered psychiatrists had to admit failure.
  When will they be gracious enough to admit failure?
  So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals.
  Cornelius, however, admits that failure to score from penalty corners is a cause for worry in the absence of the talented Jugraj Singh.
  Meanwhile, the Advocate General admitted government's failure to comply with court orders.
  Those egomaniacs did the most difficult thing in their careers: They admitted failure.
  He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure.
  It takes a good leader to not only recognize, but admit defeat.
  Jefferson admitted failure and agreed to repeal the embargo.
  His refusal to admit failure was breathtaking.
  I don't underestimate the challenges we face trying to increase pension coverage but I'm not prepared to admit failure yet.
  Are you embarrassed to swallow your pride and admit your oversight?
  I didn't want to move back home; I didn't want to admit defeat.
2with object Allow (someone) to enter a place.
senior citizens are admitted free to the museum
Example sentencesExamples
- I almost didn't come because I was afraid you would ask me to tell you what I know before admitting me to your cloister.
- Arriving at the simulator, the doors opened with their usual whir of motors, admitting her to the inside of the simulator.
- What a lucky day Emma thought to herself as Mrs. Watson held out the yellow slip admitting her to the in school detention room.
- The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin.
- When will bar management realise that they are not doing customers a favour by admitting them to their bar, without customers there would be no bar.
Synonyms
let in, allow entry, permit entry, grant entrance to, give right of entry to, give access to, give admission to, accept, take in, usher in, show in, receive, welcome
1. 2.1 Receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment.
  she was admitted to the hospital suffering from a chest infection
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whiteley never missed a single episode of Countdown until he was admitted to hospital last month suffering from pneumonia.
  In the United Kingdom there is considerable interest in the notion of booked admissions, whereby patients are told the date they will be admitted to hospital possibly months in advance.
  The Appellant had been under treatment when he was admitted to the hospital but he had failed to take his medicine since May, 2003.
  Hospital chiefs are so aware of MRSA they are beginning to test patients before they are admitted to hospital.
  If patients required observation or further testing they were admitted to hospital.
  Patients were observed until they were admitted to hospital with a stroke, stopped taking their antipsychotic, died, or the study ended.
  There are costs for using Patientline, and details are provided to patients when they are admitted to hospital.
  Three days after seeing his father, Mr Craven received a call that he had been admitted to Airedale Hospital with pneumonia.
  Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
  His name has rarely appeared in the media since he was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke.
  Patients were excluded if they were admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure in the preceding three years.
  Many more people could be diabetic but are not aware until they have been admitted to hospital for treatment.
  She confirmed that police dogs had bitten him and that he had been admitted to hospital for treatment.
  These have become routine in the NHS to ensure patients are fit for surgery before they are admitted to hospital, mainly in an effort to reduce the number of cancelled operations.
  For example, several patients who rang NHS Direct were admitted to hospital within 24 hours, but a significant number of these had not received advice to seek urgent medical help.
  Parra and her colleagues began monitoring the breathing of stroke patients shortly after they were admitted to hospital following strokes and calculated an apnoea index for each one.
  In November 1997, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a urinary tract infection.
  While the authors admit that, on average, heart-failure patients are slightly more likely to die if they are admitted to district general hospitals, there is also a wide variation between city teaching hospitals.
  When his parents broke up, he said he might kill himself, and he was admitted to hospital and began treatment.
  By 11, when she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of anorexia nervosa, she weighed 42 pounds.
2. 2.2 Allow (a person, country, or organization) to join an organization or group.
  Canada was admitted to the League of Nations
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘The continental body of all pool associations have admitted us to their circuit and beginning next year Zambia would be able to participate in all regional and international championships,’ he said.
  The package deal also abolished the Allied High Commission in Germany, ended the occupation statute, and admitted Federal Germany to Nato.
  The cause of the standoff was ASEAN's decision to admit Myanmar to the group three years ago.
  In 1972 he had Ivory Coast vote against admitting China to the United Nations.
  Japanese, Vietnamese and EU foreign ministers agreed Friday to find ways this month to resolve the row between Asia and the European Union over admitting Myanmar to the Asia-Europe Meeting, a Japanese official said.
  And in fairness to the Bush administration, they've been pretty steadfast in urging the European Union to admit Turkey to their club.
  As these new elites increasingly command resources and power in China's economy, Jiang has argued, the party faces the necessity of co-opting them by admitting them to the party itself.
  The 120-year-old Hopwood Unionist Club allows them to become associate members, but they cannot become full members, which would admit them to the games room and grant them voting rights.
  It is believed almost certain that China will be admitted to the membership of the World Trade Organization in the first half of this year.
  The dairy groups note that once China is admitted to the World Trade Organization, the country will cut tariffs on key dairy products by ‘as much as five-fold, making imported dairy products less expensive to Chinese consumers.’
  His parents admitted him to the Thuraiyur branch of the Spastics Society of Tiruchi six years ago.
  The same year, South Africa was admitted to the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY and rejoined the Commonwealth.
  In return for Putin's support, Washington will remove economic sanctions and admit Russia to the World Trade Organization.
  ‘I believe that as this century unfolds and people look back on this day, they will conclude that in admitting China to the WTO we took a decisive step in strengthening the global economic trading system,’ he said.
  The present US administration would admit us to Nafta: whether or not that is a solution, it is at least a strong card to play.
  The second episode looks at how, despite tensions, contacts happen across the continent through trade and personal exchange, and in the final programme Misha Glenny explores the prospect of admitting Turkey to the EU.
  This month Anthony de Jasay reflects upon the implications of admitting Turkey to the European Union.
  Synonyms
  introduce, initiate, enrol, recruit, convert
3. 2.3 Allow (someone) to share in a privilege.
  the doctrine held that only a chosen few were admitted to the covenant
  Example sentencesExamples
  The 1792 Act removed the legal bar to Catholics holding corporate office, but inasmuch as corporations continued to decline to admit them to the freedom, this was a nugatory achievement.
3with object Accept as valid.
the courts can refuse to admit police evidence that has been illegally obtained
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a difference between refusing to admit evidence and not reading it at all.
- The District Judge took the view that ‘a judgment is a judgment is a judgment’ and refused to admit the evidence.
- But in a letter sent towards the end of his trial, he admitted the evidence against him ‘appears bad’.
- But even if the Court gets to that issue, Otis thinks it will probably find that the physical evidence should have been admitted.
- The motion to admit fresh evidence was received following the release of the Reasons for Decision.
- I wholly accept that the doctrine admits the hearsay statements, not only where the declarant is dead or otherwise not available but when he is called as a witness.
- If, or when, the technique is widely accepted, a judge may have to decide whether to admit test results as evidence.
- But as Dr. Lee said, this is the kind of evidence that has been admitted for 20 years.
- The confession, however, was drafted in the UK, and the Bulgarian court refused to admit it as evidence in support of Shields.
- But the court in the Mobley case refused to admit this evidence.
- In my view, refusing to admit this evidence does not amount to ‘taking a technical position’.
- One is that the trial judge was wrong to admit a series of evidence including a taped police interview with him.
- But Johnson dismissed this argument, and allowed his police statement to be admitted as evidence.
- Instead, the judge can admit evidence such as statements made to the police by witnesses.
- And some legal experts say whether this evidence is admitted could be one of the most important decisions made so far.
- The issue was raised as to whether similar fact evidence should be admitted considering the possibility of collusion and therefore contamination of the evidence.
- The first was unrecorded and the trial judge refused to allow it to be admitted into evidence.
4admit ofno object Allow the possibility of.
the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay
Example sentencesExamples
- But mainstream Islam admits of succession of saints.
- Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad should the revisability of logic and mathematics permit their ultimately admitting of a justification that didn't involve experience.
- It is not easy to translate these abstract generalities into terms that admit of a genuine comparison with our own democratic achievements…
- This young man's perception of his career prospects admitted of no ambiguity - he was conscious of his role in the promotion of the cause of the Empire and his intellectual superiority to the common run.
- Such provisions sometimes admit of multiple interpretations, especially when jurists ignore the relevant history and precedents.
- All but the most extreme pacifists will admit of a case where it might be immoral or amoral not to use force, if not to defend oneself then to defend others.
- Good and evil are to be defined as absolutes on religious authority, admitting of neither critical judgement nor reduction.
- To me, art like peaks does not admit of improvement.
- Now it's true that, to liberals, some of these principles admit of exceptions - but surely this is true of conservatives, too.
- In the ordinary course of events, to hold a wedding ceremony is a purely private matter that admits of no indiscreet remarks from other people.
- As formulated, the account would appear to admit of counterexamples.
- That's all well and good, but that a concept admits of many shades of grey doesn't mean there's no black and white.
- But upon ramping up the standard to what he finds minimally acceptable, the standard admits of context dependent variation.
- Each of these questions admits of several answers, many of them equally ‘valid.’
- Finally, as a little light relief, there are the questions that admit of only one possible time unit.
- But as I say, the situation doesn't admit of half measures.
- It distributed about 4,000 bread and coal tickets each winter, a number which could be usefully increased if the funds of the society admitted of such extension.
- Moreover, it's not even certain that philosophical problems admit of solutions at all.
- We have post-modernism, which admits of no values which are not relative.
- In an international environment consisting of sovereign states, admitting of no higher authority, order is sufficiently vulnerable.
Synonyms
allow, permit, authorize, sanction, condone, indulge, agree to, accede to, approve of

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin admittere, from ad- ‘to’ + mittere ‘send’.

单词	admit
释义	Definition of admit in English: admit verbadmitting, admitted, admits ədˈmɪtədˈmɪt 1reporting verb Confess to be true or to be the case. with clause the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured with direct speech ‘I am feeling pretty tired,’ Jane admitted Example sentencesExamples Mackay admitted that this was probably true, and that the deadline for reviewing the books to be culled had been moved to Christmas. A sport dominated by statistics has finally admitted that the numbers don't add up, says Dave Hannigan Her defense attorney had admitted his client ran an illegal bank, but distanced her from the deadly Golden Venture. At the trial she admitted that was not true because something did happen. Actually, what I think is worthy of mention is that the government has finally admitted that there's a problem. Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not true. During one of the wettest spells this spring water bosses have finally admitted that Hampshire is likely to face a hosepipe ban. But today, the Secretary of the Defence Department admitted that wasn't true. This year I can't even claim ‘error’ on forms, I have to admit my true age. Months passed, and I finally admitted that my symptoms weren't going away and made an appointment with the infectious disease team. Scottish Enterprise has finally admitted that something may be wrong. He fumbled, threw out an incorrect figure, and finally admitted that he really didn't know the correct numbers. And he finally admitted that he didn't have a motorcycle! She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true. The agency finally admitted that they weren't sure of what was going on. Finally, she had admitted that she used swear words, although she had said in interview that she did not. I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water. Anyway… they finally admitted that the ‘Pete is dead’ thing was a hoax. As she wiped tears from her eye I finally admitted that it had been rather amusing. When contacted by the Daily News, she admitted that it was all very true. Synonyms acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak 1.1with object Confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it) he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary no object the paramilitaries admitted to the illegal possession of arms Example sentencesExamples But he also admitted responsibility for the problem as they stopped short of garbage disposal and did not take up environmental issues. Judge Hans Bachl threw out the confession when the trial opened, although he admitted the crime during proceedings. Questioned in prison, he admitted both break-ins. He was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting the fraud, but was released within four months. Another man has admitted the crime, and DNA evidence has backed his confession. Now he faces prison again after admitting fresh offences, including a bungled attempt to steal two laptops from the Great Western Hospital. I can now report back to you, that the police have arrested a person for the theft and that they have admitted the crime. He is today starting six-and-a-half years in prison after admitting manslaughter and robbery in York earlier this year. He was convicted of kidnap and murder in July after he admitted the crimes. He was put on probation for three years after admitting the crime. The Council was fined #25,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of one of its employees. ‘He's been badly advised,’ he remarked of the midfielder's decision, as if the real crime was in admitting the offence. There are many ways that presidents admit responsibility besides publicly issuing the big mea culpa. Mr Brown would have been eligible for parole 10 years ago if he'd shown he had ‘come to terms with his offending’ by admitting the crime. Reports had him admitting the crime to FBI agents, having called 911 to seek help after apparently hearing voices; later, he insisted that he was innocent. One cannot just walk away from the scene of the crime without admitting wrongdoing. But now Mr Smith has discovered that the van driver will not face any charge, despite admitting responsibility. After examining the car, the dealer assured me there was no damage, and provided a letter admitting responsibility. She admitted robbery and three charges of shoplifting and asked for five other offences to be taken into consideration. But last week he had his sentence cut by four years - appeal judges said he had not been given enough credit for admitting his crimes. Synonyms acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak 1.2with object Acknowledge (a failure or fault) after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat Example sentencesExamples It takes a good leader to not only recognize, but admit defeat. For some investors it is tantamount to admitting failure. Those egomaniacs did the most difficult thing in their careers: They admitted failure. Yet despite essentially admitting failure in completing their task, not one of these people resigned as an act of taking responsibility. Jefferson admitted failure and agreed to repeal the embargo. I don't underestimate the challenges we face trying to increase pension coverage but I'm not prepared to admit failure yet. A sub-zero wind chased us round every corner, but since moving downstairs would be to admit defeat, we stayed put for an hour and a quarter and slowly solidified into blocks of ice. The good-looking wonderkid who can't ever admit defeat. Cornelius, however, admits that failure to score from penalty corners is a cause for worry in the absence of the talented Jugraj Singh. Rather than admit defeat, the college used the Internet to launch lecture notes and coursework assignments into cyberspace, and held whole lectures online. In his representations he admits this failure. So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals. Perhaps he is admitting his failures and incompetence as a teacher in front of a council of which he is the president. Are you embarrassed to swallow your pride and admit your oversight? Meanwhile, the Advocate General admitted government's failure to comply with court orders. His refusal to admit failure was breathtaking. Six weeks later several flustered psychiatrists had to admit failure. He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure. I didn't want to move back home; I didn't want to admit defeat. When will they be gracious enough to admit failure? 2usually admit towith object Allow (someone) to enter a place. old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum Example sentencesExamples I almost didn't come because I was afraid you would ask me to tell you what I know before admitting me to your cloister. What a lucky day Emma thought to herself as Mrs. Watson held out the yellow slip admitting her to the in school detention room. When will bar management realise that they are not doing customers a favour by admitting them to their bar, without customers there would be no bar. Arriving at the simulator, the doors opened with their usual whir of motors, admitting her to the inside of the simulator. The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. Synonyms let in, allow entry, permit entry, grant entrance to, give right of entry to, give access to, give admission to, accept, take in, usher in, show in, receive, welcome take on, enrol, enlist, register, sign up 2.1 Receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment. she was admitted to hospital suffering from a chest infection Example sentencesExamples Many more people could be diabetic but are not aware until they have been admitted to hospital for treatment. The Appellant had been under treatment when he was admitted to the hospital but he had failed to take his medicine since May, 2003. His name has rarely appeared in the media since he was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. Hospital chiefs are so aware of MRSA they are beginning to test patients before they are admitted to hospital. There are costs for using Patientline, and details are provided to patients when they are admitted to hospital. Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj.com today. She confirmed that police dogs had bitten him and that he had been admitted to hospital for treatment. When his parents broke up, he said he might kill himself, and he was admitted to hospital and began treatment. If patients required observation or further testing they were admitted to hospital. Patients were observed until they were admitted to hospital with a stroke, stopped taking their antipsychotic, died, or the study ended. These have become routine in the NHS to ensure patients are fit for surgery before they are admitted to hospital, mainly in an effort to reduce the number of cancelled operations. While the authors admit that, on average, heart-failure patients are slightly more likely to die if they are admitted to district general hospitals, there is also a wide variation between city teaching hospitals. Patients were excluded if they were admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure in the preceding three years. In November 1997, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a urinary tract infection. In the United Kingdom there is considerable interest in the notion of booked admissions, whereby patients are told the date they will be admitted to hospital possibly months in advance. Three days after seeing his father, Mr Craven received a call that he had been admitted to Airedale Hospital with pneumonia. For example, several patients who rang NHS Direct were admitted to hospital within 24 hours, but a significant number of these had not received advice to seek urgent medical help. Parra and her colleagues began monitoring the breathing of stroke patients shortly after they were admitted to hospital following strokes and calculated an apnoea index for each one. By 11, when she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of anorexia nervosa, she weighed 42 pounds. Whiteley never missed a single episode of Countdown until he was admitted to hospital last month suffering from pneumonia. 2.2 Allow (a person, country, etc.) to join an organization. Canada was admitted to the League of Nations Example sentencesExamples The cause of the standoff was ASEAN's decision to admit Myanmar to the group three years ago. In 1972 he had Ivory Coast vote against admitting China to the United Nations. The present US administration would admit us to Nafta: whether or not that is a solution, it is at least a strong card to play. The second episode looks at how, despite tensions, contacts happen across the continent through trade and personal exchange, and in the final programme Misha Glenny explores the prospect of admitting Turkey to the EU. ‘The continental body of all pool associations have admitted us to their circuit and beginning next year Zambia would be able to participate in all regional and international championships,’ he said. ‘I believe that as this century unfolds and people look back on this day, they will conclude that in admitting China to the WTO we took a decisive step in strengthening the global economic trading system,’ he said. The dairy groups note that once China is admitted to the World Trade Organization, the country will cut tariffs on key dairy products by ‘as much as five-fold, making imported dairy products less expensive to Chinese consumers.’ His parents admitted him to the Thuraiyur branch of the Spastics Society of Tiruchi six years ago. The same year, South Africa was admitted to the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY and rejoined the Commonwealth. As these new elites increasingly command resources and power in China's economy, Jiang has argued, the party faces the necessity of co-opting them by admitting them to the party itself. It is believed almost certain that China will be admitted to the membership of the World Trade Organization in the first half of this year. And in fairness to the Bush administration, they've been pretty steadfast in urging the European Union to admit Turkey to their club. The package deal also abolished the Allied High Commission in Germany, ended the occupation statute, and admitted Federal Germany to Nato. This month Anthony de Jasay reflects upon the implications of admitting Turkey to the European Union. Japanese, Vietnamese and EU foreign ministers agreed Friday to find ways this month to resolve the row between Asia and the European Union over admitting Myanmar to the Asia-Europe Meeting, a Japanese official said. The 120-year-old Hopwood Unionist Club allows them to become associate members, but they cannot become full members, which would admit them to the games room and grant them voting rights. In return for Putin's support, Washington will remove economic sanctions and admit Russia to the World Trade Organization. Synonyms introduce, initiate, enrol, recruit, convert 2.3 Allow (someone) to share in a privilege. he was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1583 Example sentencesExamples The 1792 Act removed the legal bar to Catholics holding corporate office, but inasmuch as corporations continued to decline to admit them to the freedom, this was a nugatory achievement. 3with object Accept as valid. the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained Example sentencesExamples The issue was raised as to whether similar fact evidence should be admitted considering the possibility of collusion and therefore contamination of the evidence. But Johnson dismissed this argument, and allowed his police statement to be admitted as evidence. If, or when, the technique is widely accepted, a judge may have to decide whether to admit test results as evidence. The first was unrecorded and the trial judge refused to allow it to be admitted into evidence. And some legal experts say whether this evidence is admitted could be one of the most important decisions made so far. The confession, however, was drafted in the UK, and the Bulgarian court refused to admit it as evidence in support of Shields. One is that the trial judge was wrong to admit a series of evidence including a taped police interview with him. Instead, the judge can admit evidence such as statements made to the police by witnesses. But in a letter sent towards the end of his trial, he admitted the evidence against him ‘appears bad’. I wholly accept that the doctrine admits the hearsay statements, not only where the declarant is dead or otherwise not available but when he is called as a witness. There is a difference between refusing to admit evidence and not reading it at all. The motion to admit fresh evidence was received following the release of the Reasons for Decision. But even if the Court gets to that issue, Otis thinks it will probably find that the physical evidence should have been admitted. In my view, refusing to admit this evidence does not amount to ‘taking a technical position’. But as Dr. Lee said, this is the kind of evidence that has been admitted for 20 years. The District Judge took the view that ‘a judgment is a judgment is a judgment’ and refused to admit the evidence. But the court in the Mobley case refused to admit this evidence. 4admit ofno object Allow the possibility of. the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay Example sentencesExamples Now it's true that, to liberals, some of these principles admit of exceptions - but surely this is true of conservatives, too. Good and evil are to be defined as absolutes on religious authority, admitting of neither critical judgement nor reduction. But as I say, the situation doesn't admit of half measures. All but the most extreme pacifists will admit of a case where it might be immoral or amoral not to use force, if not to defend oneself then to defend others. This young man's perception of his career prospects admitted of no ambiguity - he was conscious of his role in the promotion of the cause of the Empire and his intellectual superiority to the common run. But mainstream Islam admits of succession of saints. In the ordinary course of events, to hold a wedding ceremony is a purely private matter that admits of no indiscreet remarks from other people. Such provisions sometimes admit of multiple interpretations, especially when jurists ignore the relevant history and precedents. To me, art like peaks does not admit of improvement. In an international environment consisting of sovereign states, admitting of no higher authority, order is sufficiently vulnerable. As formulated, the account would appear to admit of counterexamples. That's all well and good, but that a concept admits of many shades of grey doesn't mean there's no black and white. Each of these questions admits of several answers, many of them equally ‘valid.’ Moreover, it's not even certain that philosophical problems admit of solutions at all. We have post-modernism, which admits of no values which are not relative. It is not easy to translate these abstract generalities into terms that admit of a genuine comparison with our own democratic achievements… Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad should the revisability of logic and mathematics permit their ultimately admitting of a justification that didn't involve experience. It distributed about 4,000 bread and coal tickets each winter, a number which could be usefully increased if the funds of the society admitted of such extension. Finally, as a little light relief, there are the questions that admit of only one possible time unit. But upon ramping up the standard to what he finds minimally acceptable, the standard admits of context dependent variation. Synonyms allow, permit, authorize, sanction, condone, indulge, agree to, accede to, approve of Origin Late Middle English: from Latin admittere, from ad- 'to' + mittere 'send'. permit from Late Middle English: This word was originally used in the sense ‘commit, hand over’: it is from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ and mittere ‘send, let go’. ‘Written order giving permission’ is recorded from the early 18th century. Permission and permissive are also late Middle English. Permissive society dates from the 1970s. Latin mittere is the base of a number of other Latin words found in English such as admit with ad ‘to’; submit from sub ‘under’; transmit from trans ‘across’. All are Late Middle English. Rhymes acquit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of admit in US English: admit verbədˈmɪtədˈmit 1reporting verb Confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance. with clause the office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured with direct speech “I am feeling pretty tired,” Jan admitted I have to admit I was relieved when he left with object she admitted her terror of physical contact Example sentencesExamples I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water. This year I can't even claim ‘error’ on forms, I have to admit my true age. Scottish Enterprise has finally admitted that something may be wrong. Months passed, and I finally admitted that my symptoms weren't going away and made an appointment with the infectious disease team. At the trial she admitted that was not true because something did happen. Actually, what I think is worthy of mention is that the government has finally admitted that there's a problem. She had blatantly accused me but I have to admit that it was true. He fumbled, threw out an incorrect figure, and finally admitted that he really didn't know the correct numbers. When contacted by the Daily News, she admitted that it was all very true. Finally, she had admitted that she used swear words, although she had said in interview that she did not. And he finally admitted that he didn't have a motorcycle! Anyway… they finally admitted that the ‘Pete is dead’ thing was a hoax. During one of the wettest spells this spring water bosses have finally admitted that Hampshire is likely to face a hosepipe ban. The agency finally admitted that they weren't sure of what was going on. A sport dominated by statistics has finally admitted that the numbers don't add up, says Dave Hannigan Her defense attorney had admitted his client ran an illegal bank, but distanced her from the deadly Golden Venture. As she wiped tears from her eye I finally admitted that it had been rather amusing. Mackay admitted that this was probably true, and that the deadline for reviewing the books to be culled had been moved to Christmas. But today, the Secretary of the Defence Department admitted that wasn't true. Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not true. Synonyms acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak 1.1with object Confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it) he was sentenced to prison after admitting 47 charges of burglary no object he had admitted to all seven charges against him Example sentencesExamples But last week he had his sentence cut by four years - appeal judges said he had not been given enough credit for admitting his crimes. I can now report back to you, that the police have arrested a person for the theft and that they have admitted the crime. After examining the car, the dealer assured me there was no damage, and provided a letter admitting responsibility. ‘He's been badly advised,’ he remarked of the midfielder's decision, as if the real crime was in admitting the offence. Mr Brown would have been eligible for parole 10 years ago if he'd shown he had ‘come to terms with his offending’ by admitting the crime. Questioned in prison, he admitted both break-ins. Reports had him admitting the crime to FBI agents, having called 911 to seek help after apparently hearing voices; later, he insisted that he was innocent. One cannot just walk away from the scene of the crime without admitting wrongdoing. But now Mr Smith has discovered that the van driver will not face any charge, despite admitting responsibility. Another man has admitted the crime, and DNA evidence has backed his confession. He was put on probation for three years after admitting the crime. He was convicted of kidnap and murder in July after he admitted the crimes. He was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting the fraud, but was released within four months. She admitted robbery and three charges of shoplifting and asked for five other offences to be taken into consideration. The Council was fined #25,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of one of its employees. But he also admitted responsibility for the problem as they stopped short of garbage disposal and did not take up environmental issues. Judge Hans Bachl threw out the confession when the trial opened, although he admitted the crime during proceedings. Now he faces prison again after admitting fresh offences, including a bungled attempt to steal two laptops from the Great Western Hospital. There are many ways that presidents admit responsibility besides publicly issuing the big mea culpa. He is today starting six-and-a-half years in prison after admitting manslaughter and robbery in York earlier this year. Synonyms acknowledge, confess, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, make public, avow, declare, profess, own up to, make a clean breast of, bring into the open, bring to light, give away, blurt out, leak 1.2 Acknowledge (a failure or fault) after searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat no object he admits to having lied Example sentencesExamples In his representations he admits this failure. For some investors it is tantamount to admitting failure. Perhaps he is admitting his failures and incompetence as a teacher in front of a council of which he is the president. The good-looking wonderkid who can't ever admit defeat. Yet despite essentially admitting failure in completing their task, not one of these people resigned as an act of taking responsibility. A sub-zero wind chased us round every corner, but since moving downstairs would be to admit defeat, we stayed put for an hour and a quarter and slowly solidified into blocks of ice. Rather than admit defeat, the college used the Internet to launch lecture notes and coursework assignments into cyberspace, and held whole lectures online. Six weeks later several flustered psychiatrists had to admit failure. When will they be gracious enough to admit failure? So rather than admit defeat, I've changed goals. Cornelius, however, admits that failure to score from penalty corners is a cause for worry in the absence of the talented Jugraj Singh. Meanwhile, the Advocate General admitted government's failure to comply with court orders. Those egomaniacs did the most difficult thing in their careers: They admitted failure. He undertook his mission of preaching against the heresy with relish but was soon forced to admit failure. It takes a good leader to not only recognize, but admit defeat. Jefferson admitted failure and agreed to repeal the embargo. His refusal to admit failure was breathtaking. I don't underestimate the challenges we face trying to increase pension coverage but I'm not prepared to admit failure yet. Are you embarrassed to swallow your pride and admit your oversight? I didn't want to move back home; I didn't want to admit defeat. 2with object Allow (someone) to enter a place. senior citizens are admitted free to the museum Example sentencesExamples I almost didn't come because I was afraid you would ask me to tell you what I know before admitting me to your cloister. Arriving at the simulator, the doors opened with their usual whir of motors, admitting her to the inside of the simulator. What a lucky day Emma thought to herself as Mrs. Watson held out the yellow slip admitting her to the in school detention room. The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. When will bar management realise that they are not doing customers a favour by admitting them to their bar, without customers there would be no bar. Synonyms let in, allow entry, permit entry, grant entrance to, give right of entry to, give access to, give admission to, accept, take in, usher in, show in, receive, welcome 2.1 Receive (a patient) into a hospital for treatment. she was admitted to the hospital suffering from a chest infection Example sentencesExamples Whiteley never missed a single episode of Countdown until he was admitted to hospital last month suffering from pneumonia. In the United Kingdom there is considerable interest in the notion of booked admissions, whereby patients are told the date they will be admitted to hospital possibly months in advance. The Appellant had been under treatment when he was admitted to the hospital but he had failed to take his medicine since May, 2003. Hospital chiefs are so aware of MRSA they are beginning to test patients before they are admitted to hospital. If patients required observation or further testing they were admitted to hospital. Patients were observed until they were admitted to hospital with a stroke, stopped taking their antipsychotic, died, or the study ended. There are costs for using Patientline, and details are provided to patients when they are admitted to hospital. Three days after seeing his father, Mr Craven received a call that he had been admitted to Airedale Hospital with pneumonia. Invasive procedures, often given to patients as soon as they are admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart condition, do not necessarily improve survival, finds a study published on bmj.com today. His name has rarely appeared in the media since he was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. Patients were excluded if they were admitted to hospital for congestive heart failure in the preceding three years. Many more people could be diabetic but are not aware until they have been admitted to hospital for treatment. She confirmed that police dogs had bitten him and that he had been admitted to hospital for treatment. These have become routine in the NHS to ensure patients are fit for surgery before they are admitted to hospital, mainly in an effort to reduce the number of cancelled operations. For example, several patients who rang NHS Direct were admitted to hospital within 24 hours, but a significant number of these had not received advice to seek urgent medical help. Parra and her colleagues began monitoring the breathing of stroke patients shortly after they were admitted to hospital following strokes and calculated an apnoea index for each one. In November 1997, he was admitted to a hospital for treatment of a urinary tract infection. While the authors admit that, on average, heart-failure patients are slightly more likely to die if they are admitted to district general hospitals, there is also a wide variation between city teaching hospitals. When his parents broke up, he said he might kill himself, and he was admitted to hospital and began treatment. By 11, when she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of anorexia nervosa, she weighed 42 pounds. 2.2 Allow (a person, country, or organization) to join an organization or group. Canada was admitted to the League of Nations Example sentencesExamples ‘The continental body of all pool associations have admitted us to their circuit and beginning next year Zambia would be able to participate in all regional and international championships,’ he said. The package deal also abolished the Allied High Commission in Germany, ended the occupation statute, and admitted Federal Germany to Nato. The cause of the standoff was ASEAN's decision to admit Myanmar to the group three years ago. In 1972 he had Ivory Coast vote against admitting China to the United Nations. Japanese, Vietnamese and EU foreign ministers agreed Friday to find ways this month to resolve the row between Asia and the European Union over admitting Myanmar to the Asia-Europe Meeting, a Japanese official said. And in fairness to the Bush administration, they've been pretty steadfast in urging the European Union to admit Turkey to their club. As these new elites increasingly command resources and power in China's economy, Jiang has argued, the party faces the necessity of co-opting them by admitting them to the party itself. The 120-year-old Hopwood Unionist Club allows them to become associate members, but they cannot become full members, which would admit them to the games room and grant them voting rights. It is believed almost certain that China will be admitted to the membership of the World Trade Organization in the first half of this year. The dairy groups note that once China is admitted to the World Trade Organization, the country will cut tariffs on key dairy products by ‘as much as five-fold, making imported dairy products less expensive to Chinese consumers.’ His parents admitted him to the Thuraiyur branch of the Spastics Society of Tiruchi six years ago. The same year, South Africa was admitted to the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY and rejoined the Commonwealth. In return for Putin's support, Washington will remove economic sanctions and admit Russia to the World Trade Organization. ‘I believe that as this century unfolds and people look back on this day, they will conclude that in admitting China to the WTO we took a decisive step in strengthening the global economic trading system,’ he said. The present US administration would admit us to Nafta: whether or not that is a solution, it is at least a strong card to play. The second episode looks at how, despite tensions, contacts happen across the continent through trade and personal exchange, and in the final programme Misha Glenny explores the prospect of admitting Turkey to the EU. This month Anthony de Jasay reflects upon the implications of admitting Turkey to the European Union. Synonyms introduce, initiate, enrol, recruit, convert 2.3 Allow (someone) to share in a privilege. the doctrine held that only a chosen few were admitted to the covenant Example sentencesExamples The 1792 Act removed the legal bar to Catholics holding corporate office, but inasmuch as corporations continued to decline to admit them to the freedom, this was a nugatory achievement. 3with object Accept as valid. the courts can refuse to admit police evidence that has been illegally obtained Example sentencesExamples There is a difference between refusing to admit evidence and not reading it at all. The District Judge took the view that ‘a judgment is a judgment is a judgment’ and refused to admit the evidence. But in a letter sent towards the end of his trial, he admitted the evidence against him ‘appears bad’. But even if the Court gets to that issue, Otis thinks it will probably find that the physical evidence should have been admitted. The motion to admit fresh evidence was received following the release of the Reasons for Decision. I wholly accept that the doctrine admits the hearsay statements, not only where the declarant is dead or otherwise not available but when he is called as a witness. If, or when, the technique is widely accepted, a judge may have to decide whether to admit test results as evidence. But as Dr. Lee said, this is the kind of evidence that has been admitted for 20 years. The confession, however, was drafted in the UK, and the Bulgarian court refused to admit it as evidence in support of Shields. But the court in the Mobley case refused to admit this evidence. In my view, refusing to admit this evidence does not amount to ‘taking a technical position’. One is that the trial judge was wrong to admit a series of evidence including a taped police interview with him. But Johnson dismissed this argument, and allowed his police statement to be admitted as evidence. Instead, the judge can admit evidence such as statements made to the police by witnesses. And some legal experts say whether this evidence is admitted could be one of the most important decisions made so far. The issue was raised as to whether similar fact evidence should be admitted considering the possibility of collusion and therefore contamination of the evidence. The first was unrecorded and the trial judge refused to allow it to be admitted into evidence. 4admit ofno object Allow the possibility of. the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay Example sentencesExamples But mainstream Islam admits of succession of saints. Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad should the revisability of logic and mathematics permit their ultimately admitting of a justification that didn't involve experience. It is not easy to translate these abstract generalities into terms that admit of a genuine comparison with our own democratic achievements… This young man's perception of his career prospects admitted of no ambiguity - he was conscious of his role in the promotion of the cause of the Empire and his intellectual superiority to the common run. Such provisions sometimes admit of multiple interpretations, especially when jurists ignore the relevant history and precedents. All but the most extreme pacifists will admit of a case where it might be immoral or amoral not to use force, if not to defend oneself then to defend others. Good and evil are to be defined as absolutes on religious authority, admitting of neither critical judgement nor reduction. To me, art like peaks does not admit of improvement. Now it's true that, to liberals, some of these principles admit of exceptions - but surely this is true of conservatives, too. In the ordinary course of events, to hold a wedding ceremony is a purely private matter that admits of no indiscreet remarks from other people. As formulated, the account would appear to admit of counterexamples. That's all well and good, but that a concept admits of many shades of grey doesn't mean there's no black and white. But upon ramping up the standard to what he finds minimally acceptable, the standard admits of context dependent variation. Each of these questions admits of several answers, many of them equally ‘valid.’ Finally, as a little light relief, there are the questions that admit of only one possible time unit. But as I say, the situation doesn't admit of half measures. It distributed about 4,000 bread and coal tickets each winter, a number which could be usefully increased if the funds of the society admitted of such extension. Moreover, it's not even certain that philosophical problems admit of solutions at all. We have post-modernism, which admits of no values which are not relative. In an international environment consisting of sovereign states, admitting of no higher authority, order is sufficiently vulnerable. Synonyms allow, permit, authorize, sanction, condone, indulge, agree to, accede to, approve of Origin Late Middle English: from Latin admittere, from ad- ‘to’ + mittere ‘send’.
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