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# admission

«admission» in Mova's school dictionary: **being allowed to go into a place, school or club:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (admission, uncountable; an admission, admissions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Admission is being allowed to go into a place, school or club: "admission to the zoo is free for under-fives". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#m1)

2) Admission is the money you pay to get in: "admission is 5 dollars". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#m2)

3) Admission to a hospital is being taken in as a patient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#m3)

4) An admission is saying that something bad is true, often that you did it: "an admission of guilt". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems, admission prices for adults and children are multiplied and added: 2 adults at 8 dollars and 3 children at 5 dollars = 31 dollars. In everyday life, schools have admissions (pupils joining), and signs say "admission free". In stories, an admission is a confession. Phrases: admission free, admission price, admission charge, by his own admission, school admissions.

### examples

- Admission to the museum is free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x1)
- Admission costs 6 pounds for adults and 3 pounds for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x2)
- Two adults and two children pay 18 pounds in admission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x3)
- He was admitted to hospital; his admission was in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x4)
- Her admission that she broke the vase surprised everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x5)
- The school admissions office deals with new pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x6)
- By his own admission, he is a terrible cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x7)
- She knocked and begged for admission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/#x8)

### note

Verb: admit (admitted, admitting). Uncountable for entry or the price; countable for a confession ("an admission"). Admission = "entry" or "entrance fee" in everyday words.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «admission» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admission/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.