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The definition of admission is the permission to enter something or somewhere.

(noun)

A ticket for a movie is an example of admission.

See admission in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an admitting or being admitted; entrance
the right to enter; access
a fee paid for the right to enter; entrance fee
a conceding, or granting of the truth, of something
an acknowledging of, or confessing to, some crime, fault, etc.
a thing conceded, acknowledged, or confessed

Origin: ME < L admissio < admissus, pp. of admittere, admit

Related Forms:

admissive adjective

See admission in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act of admitting or allowing to enter.
b. The state of being allowed to enter.
Right to enter; access.
The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.
A confession, as of having committed a crime.
A voluntary acknowledgment of truth.
A fact or statement granted or admitted; a concession.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin admissiō, admissiōn-

Origin: , from admissus

Origin: , past participle of admittere, to admit; see admit

Related Forms:

ad·misˈsive (-mĭsˈĭv) adjective

Usage Note: It is often maintained that admittance should be used only to refer to achieving physical access to a place (He was denied admittance to the courtroom), and that admission should be used for the wider sense of achieving entry to a group or institution (her admission to the club; China's admission to the United Nations). There is no harm in observing this distinction, though it is often ignored. But admission is much more common in the sense “a fee paid for the right of entry”: The admission to the movie was five dollars.

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