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- pronunciation:
 d
mIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
admits, admitting, admitted |
| definition 1: |
to let in; allow to enter.
This movie ticket admits one.The restaurant admitted us after a long wait.
- synonyms:
- let in
- antonyms:
- bar, discharge, exclude, expel, reject
- similar words:
- accept, allow, embrace, include, install, receive, take
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| definition 2: |
to tell the truth; confess.
Did he admit that he broke the window?- synonyms:
- confess, own up to
- antonyms:
- deny
- similar words:
- acknowledge, disclose, profess, reveal
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| related words: |
confess, enter, initiate, welcome |
The word admit
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adequate, adhere, adjacent, adjective, adjust, administer, administrator, admission, admit, adopt, adoption, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advertise, advocate
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admission, admit, admittance, commission, commissioner, commit, committee, compromise, dismiss, emission, emit, missile, mission, missionary, omit, permission, permit, premise, promise, promising, remission, submit, transmission, transmit, transmitter
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