Definition of: admit

(ad·mit′) v. ad·mit·ted, ad·mit·ting v.t.
1. To allow to enter; grant entrance to; to admit visitors to a house.
2. To be the means or channel of admission to; let in: This key will admit you.
3. To have room for; contain: The port admits only two ships at once.
4. To leave room for; permit: Her impatience admits no delay.
5. To concede or grant, as the truth of an argument.
6. To acknowledge or avow: He admitted his part in the conspiracy.
7. To allow to join or become associated with; consider as entitled to the privileges of: to admit a person to the bar as an attorney.
—v.i.
8 To give scope or warrant; with of: This problem admits of several solutions.
9. To afford entrance; open on: with to: This gate admits to the garden. [<L admittere <ad- to + mittere send, let go]
—ad·mit′ ta·ble, ad·mit′ti·ble adjective