• verb:   allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

  Example: "Admit someone to the profession"

• verb:   allow to enter; grant entry to

  Example: "We cannot admit non-members into our club"

• verb:   serve as a means of entrance

  Example: "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

• verb:   give access or entrance to

  Example: "The French doors admit onto the yard"

• verb:   afford possibility

  Example: "This problem admits of no solution"

• verb:   declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

  Example: "He admitted his errors"

• verb:   admit into a group or community

  Example: "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

• verb:   have room for; hold without crowding

  Example: "The theater admits 300 people"

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