admission

/əd'miʃn/

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Explanation of the Word "Admission"

Part of Speech: Noun

Usage Instructions:

1. Right to Enter: When you talk about admission in the context of entering a place (like a concert or a museum), it often involves a fee.
2. Acknowledgment: When you use admission to mean acknowledging something, it’s usually in situations where someone is confessing or accepting the truth about a situation.

Example Sentences:

1. Right to Enter: "The admission fee for the museum is $10."
2. Acknowledgment: "His admission of guilt surprised everyone."

Advanced Usage:

• In Medical Context: "Admission" can refer to a patient being accepted into a hospital for treatment. For example, "The surgery was performed during her second admission to the clinic."

Word Variants:

• Admit (verb): To allow someone to enter or to confess something.
  • Example: "They admitted him to the club after the interview."
• Admittance (noun): The act of allowing someone to enter.
  • Example: "Admittance to the event was by invitation only."

Different Meanings:

1. Entering a Place: The right to enter a venue, often in exchange for payment.
2. Confession: A statement acknowledging the truth of something.
3. Healthcare Context: Referring to a patient being accepted into a medical facility.

Synonyms:

• Access: The ability to enter or make use of something.
• Entry: The act of going into a place.
• Confession: A formal statement admitting to something.

Idioms:

• "Admission is the first step to recovery." This means that accepting a problem is necessary to begin solving it.

Phrasal Verbs:

• While "admission" does not have specific phrasal verbs directly related to it, you might use verbs like "admit to" in phrases:
  • "He admitted to making a mistake."

Summary:

"Admission" is an important word in English that can describe both the act of entering a place and the act of acknowledging something true.

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Noun

1. the right to enter
2. the fee charged for admission
3. an acknowledgment of the truth of something
4. the act of admitting someone to enter
   • the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic

Synonyms

• entree
• access
• accession
• admittance
• entrance fee
• admission charge
• admission fee
• admission price
• price of admission
• entrance money