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Spell Bee Word: admission


Basic Details

Word: Admission

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Being allowed to enter a place, school or club, or the money paid to get in. It can also mean saying that something is true, often something you did wrong.

Synonyms: entry, entrance, confession

Antonyms: exclusion, denial

How to Spell Admission

Syllables: ad - mis - sion

Tricky part: Admit loses its t and gains a double s: admission, not admition. The ending is sion.

Watch out for: admition, admision, addmission

Memory tip: Admit and permit behave the same way: admit gives admission, permit gives permission. The t turns into ss.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Admission to the science fair is free for students.

Example 2: Kabir got admission to the music school after a short test.

Example 3: Her admission that she ate the last laddoo made everyone laugh.

Fun Fact

Admit comes from Latin admittere, from ad, to, and mittere, to send. Mittere also gave English the words mission and missile.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) permission
b) discussion
c) admition
d) commission

Show answer

c) admition. Words made from admit and permit end in ssion, not tion.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

admission

a) exit
b) refusal
c) departure
d) entry

Show answer

d) entry. Admission to a place is entry into it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

snomidias

a) admission
b) omission
c) submission
d) dismissal

Show answer

a) admission. Omission has no a or d, submission needs a u and b, and dismissal an l and a third s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Admission to the zoo is free for children under five. Such children ____.

a) must pay double
b) cannot go in
c) must bring a pet
d) can go in without paying

Show answer

d) can go in without paying

2. His admission that he broke the vase was brave. Here admission means ____.

a) entry ticket
b) refusal
c) punishment
d) confession

Show answer

d) confession

Associated Words

unbrokenintelligenceprofanecriticizeabandoned
psychologyimperiousaberranthospitalityexcitable

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