Admit
51admit defeat — to accept that you cannot succeed in doing something and stop trying to do it After months of protests, the government was forced to admit defeat and abandon the policy …
52admit as much — say/admit/think/guess/as much phrase to say or think the same thing that has just been stated The city’s crime problem has not been solved, and indeed the chief constable has admitted as much himself. ‘I think your wife’s in love with someone… …
53admit — verb (admitted; admitting) Etymology: Middle English admitten, from Latin admittere, from ad + mittere to send Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to allow scope for ; permit < …
54admit — verb /ædˈmɪt,ədˈmɪt/ a) 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. b) To allow ( …
55ADMIT — Arterial Disease Multiple Intervention Trial * * * ad·mit əd mit, ad vt, ad·mit·ted; ad·mit·ting to accept into a hospital as an inpatient <he was admitted last night for chest pains> …
56admit — [15] This is one of a host of words, from mission to transmit, to come down to English from Latin mittere ‘send’. Its source, admittere, meant literally ‘send to’, hence ‘allow to enter’. In the 15th and 16th centuries the form amit was quite… …
57admit — ad·mit || É™d mɪt v. confess to something; allow entrance; accept as valid …
58admit v — There s room for one more, Tom admitted …
59admit — ad·mit …
60admit — verb 1) Paul admitted that he was angry Syn: confess, acknowledge, concede, grant, accept, allow, reveal, disclose, divulge 2) he admitted the offence Syn: confess (to), plead guilt …
