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admittance

admittance

14 5.3
Permission to enter a place or join a group
  • noun
  • /ədˈmɪtəns/
translation icon : admisión
  • The club has strict rules regarding admittance after 10 PM.
  • gain admittance
  • deny admittance
  • admittance to the university

Examples

  • No admittance without a garage pass.

  • Cedric not only became an honor student at Ballou High School but eventually gained admittance to Brown University.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Students had to meet all requirements to be considered for admittance for the second time.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The ticket guaranteed him all-day admittance to the park and all its attractions.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Hansel will never be offered admittance at a convent.

  • In 1877, the German-Jewish banker Joseph Seligman was denied admittance to Judge Hilton's Grand Hotel in Saratoga.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The museum requires a ticket for admittance to its galleries.

  • She was thrilled to receive her letter of admittance to her dream university.

Synonyms

access
vsadmittance
2.6

The right to enter and use something like a building or online service

is specifically about allowing someone to enter rather than broader use or approach rights
clearance
vsadmittance
  • Formal
223 4.4

Official permission to enter a place or take an action

is ordinary permission to enter rather than high level official authorization
entrance
vsadmittance
150 2.1

An act of coming into a place or joining an activity

is about giving permission to enter rather than the action of entering
admission
vsadmittance
149 3.4

Permission to enter a place or organization, often after a decision

is the act of allowing entry rather than the formal process
ingress
vsadmittance
  • Formal
3 7.9

An act of entering a place, a way to enter, or the right to enter

is focused on granting permission rather than the physical act of entering
accession
vsadmittance
  • Formal
2 7.9

The right to become a member of an organization

is broader, covering general permission to enter not only joining rights
entrada
vsadmittance
  • US
7.3

A ticket that gives you permission to enter an event

is the general permission to allow someone into a place rather than a ticket
right of entry
vsadmittance
  • Formal
6.8

Permission by law to go into or take control of property

is general permission to enter rather than a specific legal entitlement

Antonyms

122 1.4

An act of saying you will not accept or agree to something

64 4.2

A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group

How Permissive

admittance
14 5.3
restriction
340 3.0
prohibition
  • Formal
48 4.4

Surface Forms

admittance singular
admittances plural

Morphology

admittance = admit (transparent) = admit + ance

Standard nominalization of the verb 'admit' with the suffix '-ance', meaning the act or permission of admitting.

Etymology

Admittance comes from the parts ad- 'to' and mittere 'send' and is like the words admit and permit. So admittance is the permission or act of being 'let in' to a place.