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admission

/ədˈmɪʃən/

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What does admission mean?

noun

  1. The act or practice of admitting.
  2. Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
  3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
  2. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
  3. Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
  4. The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

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IPA pronunciation

/ədˈmɪʃən/

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If you grant that one man’s conscience doesn’t know right from wrong, it is an admission that there are others like it.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
“If you come to advancing you know,” said Mr. Lorry, delighted to be able to make another admission, “nobody can doubt that.”
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98
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That some person, or persons, must have got admission in this way, appears evident from the fact of the aperture being there.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
She was quite clear as to the environment, had apparently a satisfactory memory, with the exception of a recent period preceding admission.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
Moreover, could they obtain admission they would feel themselves anything but at ease amongst the class who avail themselves of these institutions.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475