to admit
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2.8
- verb
- /ədˈmɪt/
:
admitir en
- The committee decided to admit the talented musician into their prestigious program.
- admit students
- admit new members
- admitted to college
Now understand Yale has already admitted its first class of women.
- Now understand Yale has already admitted its first class of women.
- But they were admitted, all right, as a black student.
- It may mean reaching out to admitted students.
- So to fulfill our mission we only admit whites.
- And so they actually did a pilot randomized controlled trial, admitted Alcoholics to a detox unit.
- I read this letter that Churchill's father sent him after he was admitted to Sandhurst on his third attempt.
- Instead, those same black students will be admitted to the schools for which they're competitively qualified.
- States that don't have the right energy are not admitted states that are the right energy.
Examples
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In each of their cases, neither would have been admitted to medical school.
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And it said, not only is he admitted, here's a scholarship for him.
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Students seemed most interested in how they could be admitted to graduate schools in the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
My son Noah, whom you liked, has been admitted to our most select high school.
Fiction book (1993) -
I don't think we have any choice but to admit him.
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So today I would like to officially admit you to Hafu University.
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Of 9,000 applicants annually, 120 are admitted with a fairly even split between boys and girls.
Academic text (1992) -
And so Laurie was admitted as an equal into our society, and we March girls could enjoy the daily novelty of having a real brother of our very own.
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You've proven yourself, so we're admitting you into Onda.
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After a thorough review, the university will officially admit the new students next semester.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make a person or thing part of something larger
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1.0
To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation
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3.5
Allow someone to join a group or organization
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2.3
Allow a person to join a group or organization
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6.2
Officially admit someone to a job or group with a ceremony
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6.3
To officially accept someone into a group by a ceremony
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Admit comes from Latin ad- 'to' and mittere 'to send', so you can think of it as 'send to' a group. Like permit, it means to allow someone to join, which is why a club or university 'admits' new members.