admit

1 عمومی:: پذیرفتن‌، اقرار کردن، راه‌ دادن‌، راضی‌ شدن‌ (به‌)، بار دادن‌، رضایت‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   verb ADV. freely, readily He freely admitted that he had taken bribes. | frankly, honestly | openly | privately Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise. | grudgingly, reluctantly In the end he'd done a good job, Caroline admitted grudgingly. VERB + ADMIT be forced to, have to, must I must admit that the results were disappointing. | refuse to | be honest enough to, be prepared to, be the first to, be willing to, dare (to), have the courage to He was honest enough to admit his mistake. She would be the first to admit that she is very difficult to work with. She dared not admit her fear. | be ashamed to, be embarrassed to, be loath to, be reluctant to, be unwilling to, hate to, not care to I hate to admit it, but I think he is right. He had caused her more pain than she cared to admit. PREP. to He admitted to feeling a bit tired. PHRASES I don't mind admitting I was scared and I don't mind admitting it.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: admit of sth formal to allow something or make it possible • The present schedule does not admit of modification (= it cannot be changed). • The latest events admit of several interpretations.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

3 general:: admit something is true admit to agree unwillingly that something is true: • He admitted that the company was having financial difficulties. • I must admit I was disappointed by their reaction. concede formal to admit something in a discussion or argument: • ‘You may be right,’ Bridget conceded. • It was a decision which he now concedes was incorrect. acknowledge formal to say that something is true or that a situation exists: • The report acknowledges that research on animals is not always a reliable guide when it comes to humans. • They do not want to acknowledge the fact that things have changed. confess to admit something that you feel embarrassed or ashamed about: • Bradley confessed that he struggled to finish the race. • I must confess I don’t like his wife at all. Granted/I grant you formal spoken used when admitting that something is true, although you do not think it makes much difference to the main point. Granted is usually used at the beginning of a sentence, or on its own: • She has a lot of experience, I grant you, but she’s not good at managing people. • Granted he did play well in the last game, but generally his form hasn't had been very good recently. admit you have done something wrong admit to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal: • He admitted charges of theft and false accounting. • Bennett admitted killing his wife. confess to tell the police or someone in authority that you have done something bad, especially when they have persuaded you to do this: • He finally confessed that he had stolen the money. • They told him that if he confessed he would get a lighter sentence. own up to admit that you have done something wrong, usually something that is not very serious. Own up is more informal than admit or confess: • He owned up to the mistake straight away. fess up informal to admit that you have done something wrong that is not very serious: • Come on, fess up! Where were you last night? come clean informal to finally admit something bad that you have been trying to hide: • They want the government to come clean on where all the money has gone.

Longman-Thesaurus

4 general:: admit verbs refuse to admit something • He refused to admit that it was his fault. be forced to admit something • The government was forced to admit that the policy had never really worked. somebody has to admit something • In the end, he had to admit I was right. adverbs freely/readily/openly admit something (= admit without being ashamed ) • I freely admit I’m hopeless at maths. grudgingly/reluctantly admit something (= admit something when you do not want to ) • He grudgingly admitted that I was a better swimmer than him. phrases be willing/prepared/happy/ready to admit something • She was willing to admit that she’d made a mistake. be ashamed/loath to admit something • He was ashamed to admit that he had lied to her. I must admit something (= used when saying that you admit that something is true ) • I must admit I hate camping. I hate to admit it but … • I hate to admit it but it looks like we’ve failed. be the first to admit something • I know I’m lazy – I’m the first to admit it! I don’t mind admitting something • I’m scared and I don’t mind admitting it.

transnet.ir

5 general:: verb to grant as true or valid; concede: You should admit you were wrong. verb to permit to enter: You admit one person per ticket.

Simple Definitions