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acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed. admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications. own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself.
He admitted his guilt / mistake. [ + (that) ] She admitted (that) she had made a mistake. [ + -ing verb ] She admitted mak ing a mistake. At first he denied stealing the money but he later admitted (to) it. I wasn't entirely honest with him, I admit. [ + to infinitive ] The new law was generally admitted to be difficult to enforce.
I couldn't admit to my parents that I was failing the course. it is admitted that… It was generally admitted that the government had acted too quickly. be admitted to be, have, etc. something The appointment is now generally admitted to have been a mistake.
If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true. I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes. [VERB that] Up to two-thirds of drivers admit to driving while feeling tired. [VERB + to] I'd be ashamed to admit feeling jealous. [VERB verb-ing]
He openly admitted that he had turned to fiction because the historical genre was insufficient for his aims. From the Cambridge English Corpus Patients valued seeing a copy of their referral letter and few admitted to any major problems in understanding its content.
When you admit something, you confess that it happened. It wasn't easy to admit that you'd broken the vase, but how else could you explain that your hand was glued to it? Besides meaning "confess," admit can also mean "let in," like a theater ticket that says "ADMIT ONE."
Admitted definition: allowed to enter; granted entrance or entry. See examples of ADMITTED used in a sentence.
It was a rare art, he reluctantly admitted, to be able to rattle on like Dee without getting right up your nose. Jones would have started working here about the same time as she was admitted. → See admit.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
To grant to be real, valid, or true; acknowledge or concede: Even proponents of the technology admit that it doesn't always work as well as it should. b. To disclose or confess (guilt or an error, for example). See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To afford opportunity for; permit: We must admit no delay in the proceedings. 3. a.
Synonyms for ADMITTED: confessed, acknowledged, conceded, agreed, announced, revealed, recognized, disclosed; Antonyms of ADMITTED: denied, disclaimed, disallowed, disavowed, contradicted, disputed, rejected, disowned