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(verb) declare or acknowledge to be true; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
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Synonyms: acknowledge |
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Related Words: adjudge, avouch, avow, concede, confess, declare, hold, profess, shrive, squeal, sustain |
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Antonyms: deny |
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(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"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
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Synonyms: include, let in |
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Related Words: allow, countenance, induct, initiate, involve, let, permit, readmit |
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Antonyms: exclude |
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(verb) allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club" |
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Synonyms: allow in, let in |
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Related Words: allow, countenance, let, permit, readmit, repatriate |
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Antonyms: reject |
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(verb) serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" |
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Related Words: do, serve |
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(verb) give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard" |
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(verb) afford possibility: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" |
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Synonyms: allow |
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(verb) admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
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Synonyms: accept, take, take on |
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Related Words: accept, have, take |
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(verb) have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" |
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Synonyms: accommodate, hold |
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