to admit

Examples

• All

• In November 1946, the Cabinet agreed on emergency measures to admit refugees with Canadian sponsors.

  Academic text (1991)

• Afterward, all patients were either admitted to the ICU or placed in a monitored bed.

  Academic text (2008)

• But, you know, he said that if I am feeling bad or feeling anything, to page him, and he'll admit me immediately wherever I am.

  Super Size Me (2004)

• We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet.

  GQ

• Admit me to the ninth gate.

  The Ninth Gate (1999)

• If Kawasaki disease is suspected, children should be admitted to hospital for further care without delay.

  Academic text (2012)

• Six months later, the patient was admitted emergently to the hospital with severe head and facial pain.

  Academic text (2008)

• Only patients who required hospital care were admitted; patients with milder infections were cared for at home.

  Academic text (2012)

• The doors before her slid open to admit her into a plush living room.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Before the changes, there could be up to 18 consultant psychiatrists admitting people to a single 24-bed ward.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

A

to allow

vsto admit

767 1.0

To accept that something may be true or plan for it

focuses specifically on permitting entry or access to places

L

to let in

vsto admit

252 1.0

Allow someone or something to enter a place

is the neutral or formal term used in official contexts

A

to allow in

vsto admit

172 1.3

Let someone or something enter a place

includes both entry and broader access rights

I

to intromit

vsto admit

• Archaic

9.9

To let a person or thing enter a place

is the modern neutral term used instead today

Antonyms

R

to reject

839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

D

to deny

423 1.6

To refuse to let someone have something

E

to exclude

338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

How Allowed

to welcome

233 1.0

to admit

188 1.6

to restrict

361 3.1

to deny

423 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology