admit

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admit
ədˈmɪt Listen
Meanings
verb
  • confess to be true or to be the case.
    E.g. the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured
  • allow (someone) to enter a place.
    E.g. old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum
  • accept as valid.
    E.g. the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained
  • allow the possibility of.
    E.g. the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay

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