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admit
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)
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- (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
- 2011, Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (?ISBN):
- (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
- (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
- third-person singular past historic of admettre
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concur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concurro (“to run together, agree”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?k?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?k??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)
- To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
- To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
- (obsolete) To run together; to meet.
- (rare) To converge.
Synonyms
- (to unite or agree): accord, agree, coexist; See also Thesaurus:agree
- (to meet in the same point): cooperate, unite
- (to run together): assemble, congregate, crowd, flock
- (to converge):
Antonyms
- (to unite or agree): disagree, dissent
- (to meet in the same point):
- (to run together): disperse, disassemble
- (to converge): diverge
Related terms
- concourse
- concurrence
Translations
References
- concur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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