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Admit Admitted Place Means Enter Embassy Security Personnel

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To a____ someone to a place means to allow them to enter it.To admit someone to a place means to allow them to enter it.
Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife.
Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
word admit
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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.
Up to two-thirds of drivers admit to driving while feeling tired.
I'd be ashamed to admit feeling jealous.
None of these people will admit responsibility for their actions.
'Actually, most of my tennis is at club level,' he admitted.
If someone is admitted to hospital, they are taken into hospital for treatment and kept there until they are well enough to go home .
She was admitted to hospital with a soaring temperature.
He was admitted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs.
If someone is admitted to an organization or group, they are allowed to join it.
He was admitted to the Académie Culinaire de France.
...the continued survival of men's clubs where there is often great resistance to admitting women.
To admit someone to a place means to allow them to enter it.
Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife.
Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
inflections admitsadmittingadmitted
cefr-level B1

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