Definition of "admit"

admit

/ədˈmɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted
1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
3. (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
  Quotations
  However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
  1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55
  His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs, […]
  2011, Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography
  Police officers at a checkpoint in Bangkok's Huay Kwang district admitted to extorting 27,000 baht from a Taiwanese actress […]
  2023 January 30, “Bangkok police admit to extorting 27,000 baht from Taiwanese actress”, in The Nation‎, Bangkok: The Nation Multimedia
4. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  Quotations
  Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
  1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
  There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
  1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward
5. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
6. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
  Quotations
  "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "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 Guardian‎