admit

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
  2. verb allow to enter; grant entry to
  3. verb allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

Etymology

From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

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Synonyms

acknowledge

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