Definizione monolingua

admit

admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)

1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

   A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

   They were admitted into his house.

   to admit a serious thought into the mind

   to admit evidence in the trial of a cause

2. (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

   to admit an attorney to practice law

   the prisoner was admitted to bail

3. (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

   the argument or fact is admitted

   he admitted his guilt

4. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, ""of"" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

   the words do not admit such a construction.

5. (intransitive) to give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of)

   circumstance do not admit of this

   the text does not admit of this interpretation

6. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff lack skills to cope with dementia patients”, Guardian:

     ""This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care,"" said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimers Society. ""Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm.""

Definizione dizionario admit

	ammettere
	to concede as true
	To concede as true.

accogliere

confessare

	far entrare
	to allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege

accettare

concordare

esserer d’accordo

permettere

	lasciare entrare
	To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration

	riconoscere
	to concede as true

acconsentire

amméttere

concedere

contenere

credere

immettere

introdurre

ospitare

raccogliere

ricevere

ubbidire

vestire

Altri significati:

(to) grant

to allow to enter; to grant entrance

(transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.

(intransitive) to give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of)

to be capable of, to permit

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.

To admit to be true.

(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

(transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.