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How to use admit in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Admit means to allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration. Example: “A ticket admits one into a playhouse.”

Examples of admit by meaning

verbTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.

  • to admit a serious thought into the mind
  • to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
  • A ticket admits one into a playhouse.

verbTo allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

  • to admit an attorney to practice law
  • The prisoner was admitted to bail.

verbTo concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).

  • the argument or fact is admitted
  • He admitted his guilt.
  • She was trapped into admitting the truth.

verbTo be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.

  • The words do not admit such a construction.
  • We had heard that he had been diagnosed several weeks before as having AIDS, but that his prognosis admitted a possible 18 more months.1986 February 15, Michael Bronski, “Carl Wittman: An Activist's Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 7

verbTo give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.

  • Circumstances do not admit of this.
  • The text does not admit of this interpretation.

verbTo allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

  • "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian, archived from the...

More sentences with admit

  • Actual perpetrators though they were, the criminals never admitted it in court.From the entry though
  • I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.From the entry influence
  • My boss surprised me into admitting I'd been leaving work early lately.From the entry into
  • My boss surprised me into admitting I left work early last week.From the entry surprise
  • The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.From the entry roll
  • Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.From the entry prospective
  • We amended the rules so that we could admit 20 more members to the club.From the entry amend
  • The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.From the entry confidential
  • When they finally admitted their actions, Anne felt vindication and walked with pride once again.From the entry vindication
  • It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.From the entry next to
  • I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.From the entry scruple
  • A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness.From the entry nicety
  • I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.From the entry dog
  • Seeing her poured into her tight costume, they had to admit that the heroine looked racktastic.From the entry racktastic
  • He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.From the entry mistaken
  • He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.From the entry arrogant
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:admitted.From the entry admitted
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:admitting.From the entry admitting
  • The sideshow feat was just a gaff, but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled.From the entry gaff
  • You need a grade of at least 80% in first-year calculus to be admitted to the CS major program.From the entry grade
  • He admitted he was fallible like anyone else.From the entry fallible
  • The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming.From the entry undercurrent
  • Three casualties were admitted with suspected fractures in their heads.From the entry suspected
  • With disarming frankness, he admitted his mistakes.From the entry frankness
  • The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.From the entry prosecutor
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:admits.From the entry admits
  • TICs must be admitted by a defendant in addition to the crimes for which they have been convicted.From the entry tic

Meaning of admit

  1. verb To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
  2. verb To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  3. verb To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).

Full definition of admit

Questions about admit in a sentence

How do you use admit in a sentence?
Admit is used as a verb. For example: “A ticket admits one into a playhouse.”
What is a short sentence with admit?
“He admitted his guilt.”
What does admit mean?
Admit means to allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: admit (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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