admission

ad|mis|sion [ əd`mıʃn ] noun **

▸ 1 permission to join/enter

▸ 2 accepting someone into something

▸ 3 payment to enter

▸ 4 statement something is true

▸ 5 number who enter something

1. ) uncount permission to join a club or become a student at a college or university:

Many students apply for admission to more than one college.

gain admission: Not all of those who applied gained admission to the school.

a ) permission to enter a place:

admission to: There is no admission to the park after 11 p.m.

2. ) uncount the process of accepting someone into a place, organization, or institution:

All patients are evaluated within eight hours of admission.

3. ) uncount the amount of money you pay to enter a place or event:

You get $5 off admission with this coupon.

admission to: Admission to the game is free.

4. ) count a statement accepting that something is true, especially something that you have done that you are sorry about:

admission of: an admission of guilt

admission that: The admission that her drug test had been altered shocked us all.

by someone's own admission: His contribution was, by his own admission, very small.

5. ) admissions plural the number of people who enter a place, organization, or institution:

We have already seen an increase in the level of emergency admissions.