Definitions for admits

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admits ad·mit

Spelling: [ad-mit]

IPA: /ædˈmɪt/

Admits is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in admits (adimst).

Definitions for admits

verb (used with object)

1. to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
2. to give right or means of entrance to:
3. to permit to exercise a certain function or privilege:
4. to permit; allow.
5. to allow or concede as valid:
6. to acknowledge; confess:
7. to grant in argument; concede:
8. to have capacity for:

verb (used without object)

1. to permit entrance; give access:
2. to permit the possibility of something; allow (usually followed by of):

Origin of admits

1375-1425; Latin admittere, equivalent to ad- ad- + mittere to send, let go; replacing late Middle English amitte, with a- a-⁵ (instead

Examples for admits

President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

He was forced to admit that the girl still had power to trouble him.

Chris Christie may be feeling a little bit lighter today, though it's unlikely he would ever admit it.

The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.

Wretched Man, who is shameless enough to admit that he likes it.

Of this, there is an impression on my mind too strong to admit of doubt.

I admit, I chuckled when I read the phrase “boomtown effects” in the New York report.

But let it—if it must be Lovelace or Solmes, the choice cannot admit of debate.

His justification would then be too conclusive to admit of question.

Fulkerson sympathizes with March, and he gets Dryfoos to admit that he should not have spoke to March as he did.