admission

[ ad-mish-uhn ]

noun

1. the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles:

   the admission of foreign aid workers into the zone of active conflict.

2. right or permission to enter:

   granting admission to the rare books room.

   Synonyms: access

3. the price paid for entrance, as to a theater or ball park.
4. an act or condition of being received or accepted in a position, profession, occupation, or office; appointment:

   admission to the bar.

5. confession of a charge, an error, or a crime; acknowledgment:

   His admission of the theft solved the mystery.

6. an acknowledgment of the truth of something.
7. a point or statement admitted; concession.

admission

/ ədˈmɪʃən /

noun

1. permission to enter or the right, authority, etc, to enter
2. the price charged for entrance
3. acceptance for a position, office, etc
4. a confession, as of a crime, mistake, etc
5. an acknowledgment of the truth or validity of something

Derived Forms

• adˈmissive, adjective

Other Words From

• nonad·mission noun
• proad·mission adjective
• read·mission noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of admission¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French and Latin admissiōn- (stem of admissiō ), equivalent to admiss-, past participial stem of the verb admittere admit + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of admission¹

C15: from Latin admissiōn-, from admittere to admit

Synonym Study

See entrance ¹.

Example Sentences

General admission tickets will go on sale at 09:00 on Sunday, 17 November.

From BBC

The timing is challenging for UC, which begins issuing offers of admission in March before it knows with certainty how much state funding it will receive.

From Los Angeles Times

Coach tickets will be available to buy at 18:00 GMT on Thursday, before general admission tickets go on sale on Sunday 17 November at 09:00 GMT.

From BBC

He has also said that lowering admission requirements, in order to let women join combat units, has had the same deleterious effect.

From Slate

A survivor of Smyth's abuse also called for Mr Welby to go, saying that he felt the archbishop's admission that he had not done enough in response to the reports meant that both he and the Church of England had effectively been involved in a "cover-up".

From BBC

Related Words

• accession
• admittance
• assertion
• concession
• confirmation
• disclosure
• revelation
• statement
• testimony