admit

UK: /ədˈmɪt/ US: /ædˈmɪt/ ,(ad mit′)

Inflections of 'admit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

admits

v 3rd person singular

admitting

v pres p

admitted

v past

admitted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ad•mit /ædˈmɪt/   v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 

1. to allow to enter;
   let in:
   [~ + object] The theater admits adults only.
2. to allow (someone) to join an organization:
   [~ + object] to admit someone to a club.
3. to allow or concede as valid:
   [~ + object] to admit the force of an argument.
4. to acknowledge;
   confess: [~ + object]
   He admitted his guilt.
   [ ~ + (that) clause]:
   He admitted that he was guilty.
   [~ + verb-ing]
   He admitted robbing the bank.
   [~ + to + object]
   She admitted to the crime.
5. to allow passage of:
   [~ + object] This window admits lots of light.
6. [~ + to + object] to permit entrance;
   give access:
   This door admits to the garden.
7. to allow;
   permit:
   [~ + of + object] The facts admit of no other interpretation.

ad•mit•ted•ly, adv.: 

Admittedly, this isn't the world's greatest view.

See -mit-.
Related Words

admit is a verb, admissible is an adjective, admission is a noun:
The criminal admitted his guilt. The evidence was not admissible in a court of law. His statement was an admission of guilt.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ad•mit  (ad mit′), v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
v.t. 

1. to allow to enter;
   grant or afford entrance to:
   to admit a student to college.
2. to give right or means of entrance to:
   This ticket admits two people.
3. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:
   admitted to the bar.
4. to permit;
   allow.
5. to allow or concede as valid:
   to admit the force of an argument.
6. to acknowledge;
   confess:
   He admitted his guilt.
7. to grant in argument;
   concede:
   The fact is admitted.
8. to have capacity for:
   This passage admits two abreast.

v.i. 

9. to permit entrance;
   give access:
   This door admits to the garden.
10. to grant opportunity or permission (usually fol. by of ):
    The contract admits of no other interpretation.

• Latin, as above
• Middle French amettre
• Latin admittere, equivalent. to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a-⁵ (instead of ad-)
• 1375–1425

ad•mit′ta•ble, ad•mit′ti•ble, adj. 
ad•mit′ter, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. receive.
• 6. own, avow. See acknowledge. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

admit / ədˈmɪt/ verb ( -mits, -mitting, -mitted)(mainly tr)

1. (may take a clause as object) to confess or acknowledge (a crime, mistake, etc)
2. (may take a clause as object) to concede (the truth or validity of something)
3. to allow to enter; let in
4. (followed by to) to allow participation (in) or the right to be part (of)
5. when intr, followed by of: to allow (of); leave room (for)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin admittere to let come or go to, from ad- to + mittere to send