admits
Grants entry to
Admits is the third-person singular of admit, which means to allow entry or to acknowledge something, often reluctantly.
A bouncer admits people to a club; a hospital admits patients.
To admit a fact is to concede its truth: She admits she was wrong.
The lock admits only one key.
He finally admits to the affair.
Acknowledges wrongdoing openly
- acknowledgesConfirms awareness of something
- concedesAdmits or yields
- revealsMakes visible or known
- disclosesMakes previously hidden information public
divulges · owns · avows · unburdened · comes clean · fesses up · truth · guilt
Grants permission for
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- authorizesOfficially allows something
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- endorsesGives public support to
approves · ratifies · grants · enables · accepts · tolerates · accommodates · exceptions
Goes into a space
- lets inPermits entry
- welcomesReceives with hospitality
- receivesTakes into possession
- doorwayPassage into a room
entrance · threshold · gatekeeper · ticket · keycard · lobby · usher · bouncer
confesses
Acknowledges wrongdoing openly
- acknowledgesConfirms awareness of something
- concedesAdmits or yields
- revealsMakes visible or known
discloses · divulges · owns · avows · unburdened · comes clean · fesses up · truth · guilt · secrets
allows
Grants permission for
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- authorizesOfficially allows something
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
endorses · approves · ratifies · grants · enables · accepts · tolerates · accommodates · exceptions · eligibility
enters
Goes into a space
doorway · entrance · threshold · gatekeeper · ticket · keycard · lobby · usher · bouncer · guest list
hospitalizes
Sends for inpatient treatment
- checks inConfirms arrival somewhere
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- registrationFormal recording of participation
triage · patient · ward · emergency · discharge · inpatient · clinic · treatment · care · bedside
holds
Keeps in possession
- accommodatesMakes room for
- seatsPlaces to sit
- fitsIs correct size
contains · houses · maximum · occupancy · venue · stadium · theater · auditorium · capacity · standing room
- takes inabsorbs, accepts, receives, includes, encompasses
- College Applicantstransfer students, first-generation students, reapplicants
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via
admitsdenies
Declares something untrue
disavows · disputes · repudiates · refutes · disclaims
admitsbars
Rods, taverns, or measures
blocks · excludes · turns away · shuts out · locks out
admitsrejects
Refuses or discards
excludes · bars · refuses · turns down · blackballs
- I admit itAcknowledgment of fault
- admit defeatAccept that you've lost
- no admittanceEntry is forbidden here
- admitting defeatAcknowledging loss openly
- admitting faultAccepting responsibility for wrongdoing
- I admitAcknowledge something reluctantly
admit, admitted, admitting, admissible, admittance, readmit, readmitted, readmits, readmission