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How to use admission in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Admission means the act or practice of admitting. Example: “I request admission for two adults.”

Examples of admission by meaning

nounThe act or practice of admitting.

  • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, “Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby”, in The Guardian

nounPermission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access.

  • I request admission for two adults.
  • UK cinema admissions are set to hit their lowest level since records began almost a century ago, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wiping almost £1bn from box office sales.2020 October 12, Mark Sweney, “UK cinema admissions on course to be lowest since records began”, in The Guardian

nounThe cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

  • There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

More sentences with admission

  • The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.From the entry cast iron
  • I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.From the entry blunt
  • The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care, as ward admission was not indicated.From the entry disposition
  • As a result of the lawsuit, the school adopted a colorblind admissions policy.From the entry colorblind
  • The nonconfessing defendant refused to comment on his codefendant's admission of guilt.From the entry nonconfessing
  • Opportunity knocked in the form of an admission letter from the university.From the entry opportunity knocks
  • After discussion with her family, she was deemed not for ICU admission.From the entry not for
  • His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.From the entry degenerate
  • I'd like to know more about the graduate admissions process.From the entry I'd like to know
  • Admission is three dollars a head.From the entry head
  • Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.From the entry lead
  • He cheated by his own admission.From the entry by
  • Beginning next year the museum will sweeten the pot for season pass members by offering them a 10% discount in the gift shop in addition to unlimited free admission.From the entry sweeten the pot
  • Kúnlé had failed biology and chemistry, key requirements for admission into any medical school in the country.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 132. From the entry write
  • Yeah in America they made me vaccinate my child before the school admission.2020 March 26, Michael Di Iorio, “M.I.A comes out as anti-vaccine, says she’d rather choose death”, in Rolling Stone, Australia. From the entry vaxin
  • Which is probably an admission that he has, a little bit.2019 December 8, Jonathan Liew, “Gerwyn Price: ‘I was painted as the pantomime villain of darts’”, in The Guardian. From the entry get into someone's head
  • It is too soon to measure the impact of Hubbard’s work on hospital admission figures.2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian. From the entry A&E
  • Paid media is the admission ticket to enter the big-time Washington stage.2015, Gary Andres, Paul Hernnson, Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence, page 149. From the entry stage
  • To continue with those dark, fruitcakey winter beers at this moment seems like an admission of defeat.2015, Randy Mosher, Beer for All Seasons: A Through-the-Year Guide to What to Drink and When to Drink It, North Adams, Mass.: Storey…. From the entry fruitcakey
  • The risk of preemption can be varied by changing the lookahead time when making immediate admission control.2013, Olov Schelén, Stephen Pink, “Sharing Resources through Advance Reservation Agents”, in Andrew T. Campbell, Klara Nahrstedt, editor…. From the entry lookahead time
  • The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum.2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry sat
  • I had an admission interview with Roger Borovoy, an alumnus, and was waitlisted.2009 August 30, “A Long Road to Television”, in New York Times. From the entry waitlist
  • The feller exhibited it in a tent, charging twenty-five cents admission.2008, Alan Lance Andersen, The Frost Haint of 'Possum Hollow and Other Ozark Tales. From the entry horridsome
  • Adult admission is €14, children under 12 pay €5, and children under 6 go free.2007, Dublin, Explorer Publishing & Distribution, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry adult
  • The university admissions service counts the top IB score as equivalent to six A grade A-levels.2006 November 30, Alexandra Smith, “Johnson unveils exam reform plans”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025. From the entry IB
  • He worries that the "yield numbers" indicate more students want admission to HYP than Dartmouth."2004 June 11, Stefan M. Beck, “Buzzing, Blabbering Idiots”, in The Dartmouth Review, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2004. From the entry hyp
  • By his own admission there is something autistic about this sort of uberdork obsessiveness.2003 August 6, Bruce Dessau, “Drinking, Not Drowning”, in Evening Standard. From the entry uberdork
  • Tonight he makes the most unCanadian of admissions: he feels his success is deserved.2003, Donna Bailey Nurse, What's a Black Critic To Do?: Interviews, Profiles and Reviews of Black Writers, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry unCanadian
  • Where hospital orders were made, direct admission to hospital from the court was arranged if possible.2002, Robert Harris, David Webb, Mentally Disordered Offenders: Managing People Nobody Owns, →ISBN. From the entry hospital order
  • Margaret was also, by her own admission, a determined slammer of doors.1989, Jane Howard, Margaret Mead: A Life, page 27. From the entry slammer
  • Crimmins to make certain admissions and that they "put words in his mouth."1981 May 6, E. R. Shipp, “Crimmins jurors are told details of interrogation”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Dec 2016. From the entry put words in someone's mouth
  • It would be worth paying admission to see a tomcat meet a cattess wearing Sani-Panties.1966, Bil Gilbert, “Pet Yummies”, in Bears in the Ladies’ Room and Other Beastly Pursuits, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc.…. From the entry cattess
  • As far as the admissions tax is concerned, it doesn’t amount to a row of pins anyway.1963 October 14, John McFarland, Revenue Act of 1963: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Eighty-Eighth…. From the entry row of pins
  • The admission of Charlayne Alberta Hunter, 18 years old, and Hamilton E.1961 January 11, Claude Sitton, “2 Negro Students Enter Georgia U.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry Charlayne
  • This is both an admission of nonunderstandability of what is meant and an illustration of unsound theory.1955, Gerald Nadler, Motion and Time Study, page 263. From the entry nonunderstandability
  • Dinner from 7:30 to 11 p.m., no couvert; without dinner, admission charge.1941, Federal Writers' Project, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs. From the entry couvert

Meaning of admission

  1. noun The act or practice of admitting.
  2. noun Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access.
  3. noun The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.

Full definition of admission

Questions about admission in a sentence

How do you use admission in a sentence?
Admission is used as a noun. For example: “I request admission for two adults.”
What is a short sentence with admission?
“Admission is three dollars a head.”
What does admission mean?
Admission means the act or practice of admitting.

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