admit
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
He admitted his errors
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deny antonym
- admission derivation
- recognition derivation
- acknowledgeable derivation
Sense 2 verb
allow to enter; grant entry to
We cannot admit non-members into our club building
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
- repatriate hyponym
- readmit hyponym
Related & opposite
- turn down antonym
- intromission derivation
- admission derivation
- entrance fee derivation
- admittable derivation
- admit verb group
Sense 3 verb
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
admit someone to the profession
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
admit into a group or community
accept students for graduate study
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- let in verb group
Sense 5 verb
afford possibility
This problem admits of no solution
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
give access or entrance to
The French doors admit onto the yard
Sense 7 verb
have room for; hold without crowding
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- admittable derivation
- contain verb group
Sense 8 verb
serve as a means of entrance
This ticket will admit one adult to the show
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Related & opposite
- entrance fee derivation
- admittable derivation
- allow in verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | deny |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | admission |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recognition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acknowledgeable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjudge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attorn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make no bones about |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sustain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concede |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | avouch |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intromission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | admission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrance fee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | admittable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | admit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repatriate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | readmit |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inclusion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | access |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | take on |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | induct |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | readmit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | let in |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | accept |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | profess |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | admissive |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | allow for |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | admittable |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | contain |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleep |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | house |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | seat |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrance fee |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | admittable |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | allow in |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |