admettre — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
• grant verb To give someone permission, a right, or something they have asked for.

Senses

admettre is used for these senses in English:

• admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
• concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
• concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
• grant (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
• own up (intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. [with to]

admit — full definition

1. verb To allow someone or something to enter.
2. verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.

concede — full definition

1. verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
2. verb To give up or grant something, such as territory, a right, or a point in an argument.

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