admission

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈmɪʃən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ædˈmɪʃ.n̩/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən === Noun === admission (countable and uncountable, plural admissions) The act or practice of admitting. Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession. (law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence (British, ecclesiastical law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry. ==== Synonyms ==== admittance, concession, acknowledgment, concurrence, allowance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== admission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Further reading ==== “admission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “admission”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin admissiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.mi.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: admissions === Noun === admission f (plural admissions) admission (act of admitting; state of being admitted) examen d'admission ― entrance examination taux d'admission ― acceptance rate ==== Related terms ==== admettre admissible === Further reading === “admission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012