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admitted
[ ad-mit-id ]
adjective
- allowed to enter; granted entrance or entry:
Whether you’re a newly admitted freshman or a current student, we wish you a positive, rewarding experience at Brooks College.
When the camera’s shutter is opened, the admitted light prints the image of the negative on the unexposed film.
- registered as an inpatient in a hospital:
Observation patients have higher out-of-pocket costs than admitted patients while in the hospital, including exorbitant charges for many drugs.
- acknowledged; confessed:
The previous manager was an admitted alcoholic and was let go.
- (of an argument, evidence, fact, etc.) allowed or accepted as valid and relevant:
Before deliberations begin, the attorneys should review the list of offered and admitted evidence and jointly agree on it.
- permitted to exercise a certain function or privilege:
She is an admitted lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate in law at the University of New South Wales.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of admit.
Other Word Forms
- -··ٱ adjective
- -··ٱly adverb
- ԴDz···ٱ adjective
- ԴDz···ٱ·ly adverb
- ܲ···ٱ adjective
- ܲ···ٱ·ly adverb
- ɱ-··ٱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of admitted1
Example Sentences
"We're open to a different system," she told the Telegraph, but admitted no preferred options had been put forward yet.
He admitted that some of the inappropriate jokes were "probably true", saying: "Some of what's been said sounds like the sort of comments I'd have made."
Recent polls suggest that framing could be broadly popular — and that refusing to bring back a man admittedly expelled by mistake, in defiance of the Supreme Court, is not.
The 47-year-old was admitted to hospital on 11 April having felt unwell for a number of days, and has missed three Magpies matches.
A Dutch town hall has admitted that it "most likely" accidentally disposed of 46 artworks, including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen, during renovation works last year.
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