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Definition of "admit" []
- To permit to enter: A crack in the wall admitted some light. (verb-transitive)
- To provide the right or a means of entrance to: A ticket that admits the whole group. (verb-transitive)
- To permit to exercise the rights, functions, or privileges of: was admitted to the bar association. (verb-transitive)
- To have room for; accommodate. (verb-transitive)
- To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings. (verb-transitive)
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Use "admit" in a sentence
- "Because we admit things to be true which are not true, we _admit_, then _commit_ sin, and hence suffer for sin."
- "And I do assure you, Jim, that you couldn't have married me _validly_ from here -- and think how awful it would be, to love as much as we love and then find out that we were not _validly_ married -- and when you come to my home, and fetch me away from there, you will admit -- yes really _admit_ -- that I was right."
- "What the GOP won't admit is the the Lt. Governor is even worse, in their humble opinion: more moral but less stable ... why can't the GOP find good candidates????"