admit (one) to



admit (one) to

1. To permit one to enter. This ticket will admit you to the art exhibit. We were admitted to the club after we showed the security guard our identification.
2. To confess or acknowledge a personal wrongdoing. When used in this way, there is no noun or pronoun between "admit" and "to." "To" can be followed by either the misdeed or the recipient of the confession. Beth finally admitted to cheating on the test. Ryan would not admit to his parents that he had damaged their car.
See also: admit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IlonaEE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Bland[blænd]
Cheryl['feril]
Limbikanilim-bee-KAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
KenanKEE-nən (English)Biblical
Elenie-LEN-eeGreek