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admittance

/ədˈmɪt.n̩s/

admittance noun: the act of admitting.

Noun

admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances)

  1. The act of admitting.
  2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
  3. Actual entrance, reception.
  4. (UK) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
  5. The reciprocal of impedance.

admittance meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

admittance in Tamil

சேர்மானம், உள்விடற்றிறன், மாறுதிசை மின் ஏற்பு, உள்ளிடற்றிறன், மாறு மின் ஏற்பகம், மின் ஏற்பு

admittance in Urdu

داخلے کی اِجازت, گزرنے کی اجازت, شرکت کی اجازت, قبولیت, جائز, روا

admittance in Malayalam

entry, admission, right of entry
പ്രവേശനാനുമതി, പ്രവേശം, പ്രവേശനം, നിവേശനം, വരവ്, പ്രാപ്തി

admittance in Kannada

ಸ್ವೀಕೃತಿ, ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ, ಪ್ರವೇಶ

Synonyms of admittance

Forms of admittance

pluraladmittances
alternative formadmittaunce

Plural of admittance: admittances

Origin of admittance

From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.

Words formed from admittance

Phrases with admittance

Questions about admittance

What does admittance mean?
Admittance means the act of admitting.
What is admittance in Tamil?
Admittance in Tamil is சேர்மானம், உள்விடற்றிறன், மாறுதிசை மின் ஏற்பு. See Admittance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is admittance?
Admittance is a noun.
How do you pronounce admittance?
Admittance is pronounced /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/.
What is the plural of admittance?
The plural of admittance is admittances.

Words near admittance in the dictionary

  1. admit
  2. admit defeat
  3. admits
  4. admittable
  5. admittably
  6. admittance
  7. admittances
  8. admittatur
  9. admittaturs
  10. admittaunce
  11. admittaunces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: admittance (page history and authors); admittance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admittance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admittance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); admittance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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