<B>admission, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the act of allowing (a person, animal, or group) to enter; entrance. <BR> <I>Ex. the admission of aliens into a country, the admission of Kentucky as a state into the Union. His admission into the hospital was delayed for lack of beds.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the condition or fact of being admitted. <BR> <I>Ex. These books never found admission to the library.</I> (SYN) access. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the right, power, or privilege of entering or using a particular place, position, or occupation; permission to enter. <BR> <I>Ex. Every elementary school graduate has admission to high school. She applied for admission to the library stacks.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the price paid for the right to enter. <BR> <I>Ex. Admission to the show is one dollar.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>acceptance into an office or position. <DD><B> 4a. </B>the act of admitting to be true; acknowledging; confession. <BR> <I>Ex. His admission that he was to blame kept the others from being punished.</I> (SYN) acknowledgment. <DD><B> b. </B>acceptance as true or valid; confirmation. <DD><B> c. </B>a fact or point acknowledged; something accepted as true or valid; concession. (SYN) validation. <DD><B> 5. </B>in a steam or internal-combustion engine: <DD><B> a. </B>the letting in of the working fluid, as steam, into a cylinder. <DD><B> b. </B>the point in the cycle of the engine at which this occurs. </DL>
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<B>Admission Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a legal holiday in Arizona (February 14), California (September 9), and Nevada(October 31), commemorating the respective admission of each of these states into the United States. </DL>
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<B>admissive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> admitting or tending to admit. </DL>
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<B>admit, </B>verb, <B>-mitted,</B> <B>-mitting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to say (something) is real or true; acknowledge; own; confess. <BR> <I>Ex. to admit one's guilt. He admits now that he made a mistake. The soldier refused to admit defeat.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to accept as true or as a fact. <BR> <I>Ex. ... admitting the virtues of the late king (Macaulay).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to allow or receive as lawful or valid. <BR> <I>Ex. to admit evidence, admit a claim.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to allow (a person or thing) to enter; let in. <BR> <I>Ex. He was admitted to school this year. Windows admit light and air to the room.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to allow to use, exercise, or enjoy privileges, of a particular place, position, or occupation. <BR> <I>Ex. I was admitted to that club last year.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to give the right to enter to. <BR> <I>Ex. This ticket admits one person to the game. Canada has admitted millions of immigrants since World War II.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to allow; concede; grant. <BR> <I>Ex. It is necessary to admit the possibility of error. Where the conflict becomes so acute, it is difficult for either side to admit common concepts of morality (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to have room for; be large enough for. <BR> <I>Ex. This garage door will admit two cars abreast. The harbor admits many ships.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be a means of entrance; give access (to). <BR> <I>Ex. This door admits to the dining room.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>admit of,</B> </I>to give allowance or opportunity for; leave room for. <BR> <I>Ex. His answer admits of no reply. They admit of insights, not answers (New Yorker).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>admit to the bar.</B> </I>See under <B>bar</B> (1). noun <B>admitter.</B> </DL>
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<B>admittable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be admitted to a place or as a fact. Also, <B>admittible.</B> </DL>
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<B>admittance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the right to enter; permission to enter. <BR> <I>Ex. There is no admittance to the park after dark. She had admittance to all the theaters free of charge. No admittance except on business!</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of admitting. <BR> <I>Ex. our admittance by the caretaker.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>actual entrance. <DD><B> 4. </B>a measure of the ability of an electric circuit to conduct an alternating current; the reciprocal of impedance. <DD><B> 5. </B>(in English law) a formal transfer of title to a copyhold. </DL>
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<B>admittatur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Obsolete.) a student's certificate of admission to a college. </DL>
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<B>admittedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> without denial; by general consent. <BR> <I>Ex. Admittedly the rules are strict. It is admittedly not easy for a proud nation to admit a serious mistake in judgment (James P. Warburg).</I> </DL>
<B>admix, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-mixed</B> or <B>-mixt,</B> <B>-mixing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to add to something else as an ingredient; mix in; mingle. </DL>
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<B>admixture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of mixing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mixture. <BR> <I>Ex. An admixture of flour and water may be used as a paste.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>anything added in mixing; ingredient. </DL>
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<B>Adml.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Admiral. </DL>
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<B>admonish, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to advise (a person) about his faults or warn against something in order that he may be guided to improve. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman admonished him not to drive so fast.</I> (SYN) forewarn. <DD><B> 2. </B>to scold gently; reprove. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher admonished the student for his careless work.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to urge earnestly; advise strongly. <BR> <I>Ex. Their guide admonished the mountain climbers to follow him carefully.</I> (SYN) exhort. <DD><B> 4. </B>to recall to a duty overlooked or forgotten; remind. <BR> <I>Ex. She admonished him of his obligation.</I> (SYN) notify. noun <B>admonisher.</B> </DL>
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<B>admonishment, </B>noun. <B>=admonition.</B> <I>Ex. But most Israelis feel that it was worth getting an admonishment in order to put an end to the Egyptian sniping (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>admonition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an admonishing; gentle reproof or warning. <BR> <I>Ex. He received an admonition from his teacher for not doing his homework. Now all these things ... are written for our admonition (I Corinthians 10:11).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>counsel; recommendation. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor's admonition was to work out a stiff knee.</I> </DL>
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<B>admonitor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who admonishes; admonisher; monitor. </DL>
<B>admonitory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing admonition; admonishing; warning. <BR> <I>Ex. The librarian raised an admonitory finger for silence.</I> </DL>
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<B>adnate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of unlike parts of plants or animals) growing together or adhering throughout their length; congenitally attached. noun <B>adnation.</B> </DL>
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<B>ad nauseam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) to a disgusting extent. <BR> <I>Ex. He talks ad nauseam about his family's importance.</I> </DL>
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<B>adnexa, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) parts appended or adjunct to another or others, such as the eyelids and tear glands in relation to the eyeball. </DL>
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<B>adnexal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) appended or adjunct to another or to other parts. </DL>
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<B>adnominal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with adnouns; adjectival. </DL>
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<B>adnoun, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an adjective used as a noun. (Example:) <I>weary</I> in "no rest for the weary" is an adnoun. <DD><B> 2. </B>an adjective. </DL>
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<B>ado, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>noisy activity; bustle; fuss. <BR> <I>Ex. There was much ado about the party by all the family.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>trouble; difficulty. <BR> <I>Ex. with much ado.</I> </DL>
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<B>adobe, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>brick made of clay baked in the sun, used in building. <DD><B> 2. </B>a building made of such bricks or of sun-dried clay. <DD><B> 3. </B>clay for making such bricks. <DD><I>adj. </I> built or made of adobe. <BR> <I>Ex. adobe houses.</I> </DL>
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<B>adobe flat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Southwestern U.S.) a smooth plain covered with clay deposited by streams that flow only during heavy rains and periods of thawing. </DL>
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<B>adobo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> marinated chicken, or chicken and pork, eaten especially in Latin America and the Philippines. </DL>
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<B>adolesce, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-lesced,</B> <B>-lescing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>to be or become an adolescent. <DD><B> 2. </B>to behave like an adolescent. </DL>
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<B>adolescence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>growth from childhood to adulthood. <BR> <I>Ex. the dreamy, stormy years of adolescence.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the period of growth from childhood to adulthood; youth. <BR> <I>Ex. John grew tall during his adolescence.</I> </DL>
<B>adolescent, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood, especially, in ordinary use, from about 12 to about 20 years of age. <BR> <I>Ex. Nine adolescents, six juveniles and four adults were taken into court yesterday ... Those between 16 and 18 are adolescents and those under 16 are juveniles (New York Times).</I> (SYN) teen-ager, youth. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>growing up from childhood to adulthood; youthful. <BR> <I>Ex. He is still in the adolescent stage of development.</I> (SYN) pubescent. <DD><B> 2. </B>of adolescents; during adolescence; characteristic of adolescents. <BR> <I>Ex. adolescent self-consciousness. Adolescent friendships often do not last.</I> (SYN) juvenile. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) immature. <BR> <I>Ex. adolescent behavior.</I> (SYN) puerile. adv. <B>adolescently.</B> </DL>
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<B>Adonai, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Hebrew name for God. </DL>
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<B>Adonic verse</B> or <B>line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a verse or line consisting of a dactyl and a spondee or a trochee. </DL>
