- admit⇄admit, verb, -mitted,-mitting.
- admit⇄expr. admit of, to give allowance or opportunity for; leave room for.
Ex. His answer admits of no reply. They admit of insights, not answers (New Yorker). - admit⇄expr. admit to the bar. See under bar (1).
- admit⇄noun admitter.
- admit⇄v.i. to be a means of entrance; give access (to).
Ex. This door admits to the dining room. - admit⇄v.t. 1. to say (something) is real or true; acknowledge; own; confess.
Ex. to admit one's guilt. He admits now that he made a mistake. The soldier refused to admit defeat.
2a. to accept as true or as a fact.
Ex. ... admitting the virtu