admissionnoun
uk/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/us/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/admission noun (ACCEPTING)
[ C or U ] the act of agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly:
Her silence was taken as an admission of guilt/defeat.
[ + that ] I felt he would see my giving up now as an admission that I was wrong.
By/On his own admission (= as he has said) he has achieved little since he took over the company.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Admitting & confessing
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- admittedly
- avow
- back down
- climb
- come clean idiom
- concessionary
- deny
- eat
- eat your words idiom
- hand
- I stand corrected idiom
- make a clean breast of it idiom
- own up
- retract
- say
- self-confessed
- swallow
- take sth back
See more results »
admission noun (ALLOWING IN)
B1 [ U or C ] the money that you pay to enter a place:
How much do they charge for admission?
The admission charge/fee is €5.
B2 [ U ] permission to enter a place:
Admission to the exhibition will be by invitation only.
There's a notice outside the building that says "No admission before twelve noon".
admissions [ plural ]
the people allowed into a college, hospital, or other place, or the process of allowing people in:
Half of all hospital admissions are emergencies, and these are treated straight away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- homecoming
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- outflow
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Costs & expenses
Arriving, entering and invading
Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment