English Online Dictionary. What means admission? What does admission mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ædˈmɪʃ.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
admission (countable and uncountable, plural admissions)
- The act or practice of admitting.
- Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
- The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
- (law) 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.
- A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
- (British, ecclesiastical law) 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.
- The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
Synonyms
- admittance, concession, acknowledgment, concurrence, allowance
Derived terms
- legacy admission
- nonadmission
- open admission
- postadmission
- preadmission
- readmission
- request for admission
Translations
See also
- admission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “admission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “admission”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin admissiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.sjɔ̃/
- Homophone: admissions
Noun
admission f (plural admissions)
- admission (act of admitting; state of being admitted)
- examen d’admission ― entrance examination
- taux d’admission ― acceptance rate
Related terms
- admettre
- admissible
Further reading
- “admission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.