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to admit

 

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Definition:

To admit (verb)

1. To accept that something is true or valid.

2. To allow someone to enter or be a part of something.

3. To confess or acknowledge a truth, often a wrongdoing.

Senses:

Sense 1:

(transitive) To accept that something is true or valid.

Example sentences:

  1. I must admit, his argument was convincing.
  2. She admitted her mistake and apologized.

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Sense 2:

(transitive) To allow someone to enter or be a part of something.

Example sentences:

  1. The club admits new members every month.
  2. He was admitted to the prestigious university.

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Sense 3:

(transitive) To confess or acknowledge a truth, often a wrongdoing.

Example sentences:

  1. The suspect finally admitted to committing the crime.
  2. She admitted her guilt and sought forgiveness.

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to accomplish to accomplsh to account to accuse to achive to acknowlege to add to address to admit to advance to advantage to agree to aid to all intents and purposes to allow oneself to be hurried to an adequate degree to analyze

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