Dictionary

admission en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ædˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio
• /ədˈmɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of admitting.
   • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday. 2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, “Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby”, in The Guardian:
2. (countable, uncountable) Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
   • I request admission for two adults.
   • UK cinema admissions are set to hit their lowest level since records began almost a century ago, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wiping almost £1bn from box office sales. 2020 October 12, Mark Sweney, “UK cinema admissions on course to be lowest since records began”, in The Guardian:
3. (countable, uncountable) The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
4. (countable, uncountable) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. (countable, uncountable) A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
6. (UK, countable, uncountable) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
7. (countable, uncountable) The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
   • There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.

Forms

Deriveds

request for admission · preadmission · open admission · readmission · legacy admission · nonadmission · postadmission

Synonyms

acknowledgment · concession · allowance · concurrence · admittance

Translations (84)

pt admissão (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · da entréafgift (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · ja 入場料 (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · ca admissió (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · de Eintritt (power or permission to enter) · de Aufnahmegebühr (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · de Anerkennung (the act or practice of admitting) · pt joia (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · it ammissione (power or permission to enter) · nb innleggelse (the act or practice of admitting) · la admissio (the act or practice of admitting) · it ammissione (the act or practice of admitting) · da tilståelse (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · ja 入場 (the act or practice of admitting) · ro admisie (power or permission to enter) · es admisión (power or permission to enter) · sv insläpp (the act or practice of admitting) · da indlæggelse (the act or practice of admitting) · fi hyväksyminen (the act or practice of admitting) · fi myöntäminen ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · da medgivelse (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · hu beengedés (the act or practice of admitting) · bg признание (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · nl toegangsprijs (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · az qəbul (the act or practice of admitting) · ca admissió (the act or practice of admitting) · tr giriş ücreti (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · pt admissão (the act or practice of admitting) · ru приём (the act or practice of admitting) · hu felvétel (the act or practice of admitting) · sv medgivande (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · de Einlass (power or permission to enter) · sv inträdesavgift (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · da antagelse (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · fi pääsymaksu (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · fi myöntäminen (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · da indtagning (the act or practice of admitting) · sv entréavgift (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · ko 가입하다 (the act or practice of admitting) · es admisión (the act or practice of admitting) · hu beléptetés (the act or practice of admitting) · de Eingeständnis (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · fr admission (power or permission to enter) · fi pääsy (power or permission to enter) · ro admitere (the act or practice of admitting) · bg достъп (power or permission to enter) · de Einlass (the act or practice of admitting) · es admisión ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · da antagning (the act or practice of admitting) · de Zugang (power or permission to enter) · sv erkännande (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · sw ruhusa ya kuingia (the act or practice of admitting) · hu belépődíj (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · hu beengedés (power or permission to enter) · ru призна́ние ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · de Zutritt (power or permission to enter) · ru до́пуск (power or permission to enter) · hu bebocsátás (power or permission to enter) · de Zulassung (the act or practice of admitting) · ru до́ступ (power or permission to enter) · la acceptio (power or permission to enter) · ca admissió (power or permission to enter) · de Eintrittspreis (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · sv antagande (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · ko 인정하다 (the act or practice of admitting) · da entré (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · bg признание ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · bg приемане (the act or practice of admitting) · bg вход (power or permission to enter) · de Eintritt (the act or practice of admitting) · la admissum (the act or practice of admitting) · de Aufnahme (the act or practice of admitting) · hu bebocsátás (the act or practice of admitting) · fi päästäminen (the act or practice of admitting) · pl admisja (the act or practice of admitting) · fi sisäänpääsymaksu (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) · sv intagning (the act or practice of admitting) · sv antagning (the act or practice of admitting) · ga admháil (the act or practice of admitting) · de Schuldeingeständnis ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · ca admissió ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · hu beismerés ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) · ru призна́ние (a fact, point, or statement admitted) · pt admissão (power or permission to enter)