admits
Meaning of admits
verb, 3rd person present
- confess to be true or to be the case.
the Home Office finally admitted that several prisoners had been injured
‘I am feeling pretty tired,’ Jane admitted
- allow (someone) to enter a place.
old-age pensioners are admitted free to the museum
- accept as valid.
the courts can refuse to admit police evidence which has been illegally obtained
- allow the possibility of.
the need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay
late Middle English: from Latin admittere, from ad- ‘to’ + mittere ‘send’.
Information about admits
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of admits is: admit.
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Hyphenation of admits
ad-mits
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- admits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
admits synonyms
Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:
Meaning admit that one has committed a crime or done something wrong:
Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:
Meaning make (secret or new information) known:
Meaning make known (private or sensitive information):
Meaning assert or confess openly:
Meaning say something in a solemn and emphatic manner:
Meaning claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case:
Meaning intentionally disclose (something private or secret):
Meaning admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning agree to a demand, request, or treaty:
Meaning agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true:
Meaning have the same opinion about something; concur:
Meaning admit the truth of; concede:
Meaning admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way:
Meaning be of the same opinion; agree:
Meaning express approval or agreement:
Meaning acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of:
Meaning become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly:
Meaning recognize the full worth of:
Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:
Meaning greet or welcome (a visitor) formally:
Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:
Meaning recruit (someone) to perform a service:
Meaning enrol or be enrolled in the armed services:
Meaning enter or record on an official list or directory:
admits antonyms
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Meaning not allow to be seen; hide:
Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization:
Anagrams of admits
Words that rhyme with admits
resubmits, submits, coadmits, preadmits, readmits, demits, emits, fremits, reemits, remits, bandlimits, delimits, limits, prelimits, sublimits, commits, dammits, immits, overcommits, recommits, semmits, summits, bevomits, intromits, omits, vomits, Thermits, hermits, intermits, permits, pretermits, thermits, unpermits, retransmits, smits, transmits, manumits
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