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# admit

«admit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (admit, admits, admitted, admitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To admit means to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true or that you did something wrong: he admitted breaking the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#m1)

2) To admit means to let someone enter a place: this ticket admits one child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#m2)

3) To be admitted to hospital means to be taken in to stay there for treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school and home, admitting a mistake honestly is praised — it is the first step to making things right, and it builds trust. In stories, a character admitting the truth is often a turning point. In everyday life, signs and tickets: «Admit one», «Children under 5 admitted free». Phrases: admit it, admit to, admit defeat, admitted to hospital, I must admit.

### examples

- He admitted that he had eaten the last biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x1)
- I admit I was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x2)
- It takes courage to admit a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x3)
- This ticket admits two adults and one child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x4)
- Children under five are admitted free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x5)
- Grandpa was admitted to hospital with a broken hip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x6)
- I must admit, your cake is better than mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x7)
- “That will happen indeed,” Goll admitted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admit/#x8)

### note

Double t: admitted, admitting. Followed by -ing or a «that» clause: «admit taking it», «admit that I took it». Noun: admission (entry, or a confession) — «admission price». Admitting something does not always mean you are fully to blame.

### In the corpora

- [Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/18/)
- [Toad sulks for a moment, then admits he is «a bit of a talker».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/3/)
- ["Mistakes were made" is the classic example: it admits something went wrong but never says who made the mistakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/2/)
- [An "inoperative statement" is a US political phrase for a statement now admitted to be false.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/23/)
- [Games rely on players being honest about what happened, so a tagged player admits it and becomes «it».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/312-honest-reasons-false-alarms-and-fair-marks/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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