admit
/ədˈmɪt/ verb (present participle admitting, past tense and past participle admitted)Definition
SOMETHING BAD [I, T] › to agree that you did something bad, or that something bad is true: [+ doing sth] Both men admitted taking illegal drugs. [+ to + doing sth] She admitted to stealing the keys. I was wrong - I admit it. [+ (that)] He finally admitted that he couldn't cope.
ALLOW [T] › to allow someone to enter somewhere, especially to take someone who is ill into hospital: UK to be admitted to hospital/US to be admitted to the hospital It says on the ticket 'admits 2'.
(Definition of admit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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