Basic Details
Word: Admitted
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Agreed, often unwillingly, that something is true; or allowed someone to enter a place such as a school or hospital. It is the past tense of admit.
Synonyms: confessed, acknowledged, let in, allowed
Antonyms: denied, refused, excluded
How to Spell Admitted
Syllables: ad - mit - ted
Tricky part: The t doubles before ed because admit is stressed on its last syllable, mit. Write one d and one m.
Watch out for: admited, addmitted, admmitted
Memory tip: Admit follows its cousins commit and permit: committed, permitted, admitted. All three end in a stressed mit and double the t.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The thief finally admitted that he had taken the bicycle.
Example 2: Nani was admitted to hospital with a high fever last week.
Example 3: Only students with an entry card were admitted to the exam hall.
Fun Fact
Admission and admittance both come from admit. Admission is the everyday word for getting into a school or a museum, while admittance survives mostly on signs such as No Admittance.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word admitted as used in the sentence:
When the vase was found broken, my younger brother admitted that he had knocked it over.
a) conceded
b) confessed
c) acknowledged
d) denied
Show answer
d) denied. Owning up is the opposite of denying, so denied is the answer here.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
When the results were announced, the college admited every student who had scored above ninety per cent in the board examinations.
a) student
b) announced
c) admited
d) examinations
Show answer
c) admited. The stress falls on mit, so the t is doubled before ed.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. gilty 2. admitted 3. confesion 4. innosent
a) not having done anything wrong
b) having done something wrong
c) a statement saying that you have done something wrong
d) agreed, often unwillingly, that something was true
Show answer
d) agreed, often unwillingly, that something was true. Confession has ss, guilty has a u and innocent has nn and a c; admitted is spelt right.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Only members are dmetitad to the club's reading room after six.
a) admired
b) admitted
c) omitted
d) emitted
Show answer
b) admitted. Two d's, two t's and an a: only admitted uses all eight letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A school that admitted fifty new pupils ____.
a) gave them prizes
b) sent them away
c) let them join
d) made them sit an exam twice
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c) let them join
2. In which sentence does admitted mean confessed?
a) The usher admitted us to the hall.
b) Children under five are admitted free.
c) Raj admitted he had lied about the marks.
d) The hospital admitted ten patients.
Show answer
c) Raj admitted he had lied about the marks.
