tillstå — meaning in English

English meaning

• admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
• 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.
• own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.

Senses

tillstå 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 admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
• confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
• own (transitive) To take responsibility for.

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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