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Emit and Admit Definitions

Emit

To give or send out (matter or energy)
Isotopes that emit radioactive particles.
A stove emitting heat.

Admit

To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede
Even proponents of the technology admit that it doesn't always work as well as it should.

Emit

To give out as sound; utter
"She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton).

Admit

To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example).

Emit

To voice; express
Emit an idea.
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Admit

To afford opportunity for; permit
We must admit no delay in the proceedings.

Emit

To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.

Admit

To allow to enter
A crack in the wall that admitted some light.

Emit

(transitive) To send out or give off.

Admit

To grant the right to enter
This ticket admits two to the performance of the play.
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Admit

To accept into an organization or group
The college admits fine arts students.

Emit

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

Admit

To accept (someone) as an inpatient in a hospital.

Emit

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emitHis fatal arrows.
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Admit

To accept into evidence as relevant and otherwise admissible
The judge admitted the testimony of the expert.

Emit

To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
No State shall . . . emit bills of credit.

Admit

To afford possibility
A problem that admits of no solution.

Emit

Expel (gases or odors)

Admit

To allow entrance; afford access
A door admitting to the hall.

Emit

Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;
The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits

Admit

To make acknowledgment; confess
Admitted to committing the crime.
Admitted to a weakness for sweets.

Emit

Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words);
She let out a big heavy sigh
He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand

Admit

One who is admitted.

Admit

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
They were admitted into his house.
To admit a serious thought into the mind
To admit evidence in the trial of a cause

Admit

(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To admit an attorney to practice law
The prisoner was admitted to bail

Admit

(transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
The argument or fact is admitted
He admitted his guilt
She admitted taking drugs / she admitted to taking drugs

Admit

(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
The words do not admit such a construction.

Admit

(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
Circumstances do not admit of this
The text does not admit of this interpretation

Admit

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

Admit

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

Admit

To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse.

Admit

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

Admit

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Admit

To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.

Admit

Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
He admitted his errors
She acknowledged that she might have forgotten

Admit

Allow to enter; grant entry to;
We cannot admit non-members into our club

Admit

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

Admit

Admit into a group or community;
Accept students for graduate study
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member

Admit

Afford possibility;
This problem admits of no solution
This short story allows of several different interpretations

Admit

Give access or entrance to;
The French doors admit onto the yard

Admit

Have room for; hold without crowding;
This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
The theater admits 300 people
The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people

Admit

Serve as a means of entrance;
This ticket will admit one adult to the show

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