admit (verb)
51keep out — verb 1. prevent from entering; shut out (Freq. 3) The trees were shutting out all sunlight This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country • Syn: ↑exclude, ↑shut out, ↑shut • Ant: ↑ …
52let on — verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (Freq. 1) The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold The actress won t reveal how… …
53rake up — verb bring to light (Freq. 1) He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor • Hypernyms: ↑discover, ↑find • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s that CLAUSE * * * …
54acknowledge the corn — verb To acknowledge defeat or admit to a mistake; to cop a plea; to admit to a small error but not a larger one. I should like to take a job of that kind on a wager with him, or any other New Hampshire man, and if I did not come out a little… …
55allow — verb /əˈlaʊ/ a) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. To allow a servant his liberty b) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. To allow a free passage Syn: allot, assign, bestow …
56accept — verb /əkˈsept/ a) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval. She accepted of a treat. b) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; …
57allow — verb 1》 let (someone) have or do something. ↘admit as legal or acceptable. 2》 (often allow for) take into consideration when making plans or calculations. ↘(allow for) make provision or provide scope for. ↘provide or set aside for a… …
58concede — verb 1》 finally admit that something is true. ↘admit (defeat) in a match or contest. 2》 surrender or yield (a possession, advantage, or right). ↘fail to prevent an opponent scoring (a goal or point). Derivatives conceder noun Origin C15:… …
59acknowledge — verb (T) 1 ADMIT to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists: a broadcast message acknowledging their responsibility for the bombing | acknowledge that: By November 1914 the government was forced to acknowledge that its… …
60confess — verb (I, T) 1 to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially to the police: After three hours of questioning the suspect broke down and confessed. | confess to doing sth: Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. | confess …
