admit

verb

1. (transitive)To 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.”

   “They were admitted into his house.”

   “Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, ⁠Nor other thought her mind admits ⁠But, he was dead, and there he sits, And he that brought him back is there.”

2. (transitive)To 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.”

3. (intransitive, transitive)To 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 admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs.”

   “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.”

   “His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs, […]”

4. (transitive)To 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.”

   “Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.”

   “There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.”

   “I received a phone call last Wednesday telling me Carl Wittman had died. We had heard that he had been diagnosed several weeks before as having AIDS, but that his prognosis admitted a possible 18 more months.”

5. (intransitive, with-of)To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.

   “Circumstances do not admit of this.”

   “The text does not admit of this interpretation.”

6. (transitive)To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

   “"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."”