admit in WordNet English dictionary

1. admit into a group or community
   "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
   accept  admit  take  take on 
   
2. have room for; hold without crowding
   "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
   accommodate  hold  admit 
   
3. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
   "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
   admit  acknowledge 
   
4. allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
   "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
   admit  let in  include 
   
5. allow to enter; grant entry to
   "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
   admit  allow in  let in  intromit 
   
6. give access or entrance to
   "The French doors admit onto the yard"
   admit 
   
7. serve as a means of entrance
   "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
   admit 
   
8. afford possibility
   "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
   admit  allow