παραδέχομαι — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
• concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
• confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.

Senses

παραδέχομαι 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).
• allow To not bar or obstruct.
• allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
• concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
• confess (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
• 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.

allow — full definition

1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
2. verb To make something possible.
3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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