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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admissible.

Adjective

admissible (comparative more admissible, superlative most admissible)

1. Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
2. (artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.

Antonyms

• inadmissible

Related terms

• admissibility
• admission
• admit

Translations

Anagrams

• disableism

Catalan

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin admissus, with the suffix -ible, or based on Old French admissible; cf. Medieval Latin admissibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m.mi?si.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am.mi?si.ble/

Adjective

admissible (masculine and feminine plural admissibles)

1. admissible

Antonyms

• inadmissible

Related terms

• admetre

Further reading

• “admissible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Formed from admis +? -ible; Medieval Latin admissibilis was borrowed from or created based on the French.

Adjective

admissible (plural admissibles)

1. admissible, acceptable

Related terms

• admettre

Further reading

• “admissible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admitt? (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted)

1. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

3. (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
   • 2011, Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (?ISBN):

     His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs, […]

   Synonyms: own up, confess

4. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
5. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).

6. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

Usage notes

In the sense "concede to be true", this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (to allow entry to): inlet, let in
• (to recognise as true): acknowledge, own

Derived terms

Related terms

• admissible
• admission
• mission

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi/

Verb

admit

1. third-person singular past historic of admettre