1. Allow to enter; grant entry to
   "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air";
   - allow in, let in, intromit
    
2. Concede the existence, reality or truth of
   "He admitted his errors"; "she was the last to admit the mistake";
   - acknowledge
    
3. Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
   "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar";
   - let in, include
    
4. Admit into a group or community
   "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member";
   - accept, take, take on
    
5. Give access or entrance to
   "The French doors admit onto the yard"
    
6. Afford possibility
   "This problem admits of no solution";
   - allow
    
7. Have room for
   "The theatre admits 300 people";
   - accommodate, hold
    
8. Serve as a means of entrance
   "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"

Derived forms: admits, admitting, admitted

Type of: accept, adjudge, allow, countenance, declare, do, have, have got, hold, let, permit, serve, take

Antonym: exclude, turn down

Encyclopedia: Admit