Usually means: Allow entry or acknowledge truth.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word admit:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. admit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. admit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. admit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. admit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. admit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Admit, admit: Wordnik
  7. admit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. admit: Wiktionary
  9. admit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. admit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. admit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. admit: Dictionary.com
  13. admit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. admit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Admit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. admit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. admit: Rhymezone
  18. admit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. admit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. admit: Free Dictionary
  21. admit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. admit: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. admit: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. admit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. admit: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. admit: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. admit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. admit: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ADMIT: Acronym Finder
  2. admit: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. admit: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See admiting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
verb:  (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
verb:  (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
verb:  (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
verb:  (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

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