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ADMISSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of admitting someone to enter
Example:
the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("admission" is a kind of...):
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admission"):
readmission (the act of admitting someone again)
matric; matriculation (admission to a group (especially a college or university))
Derivation:
admit (allow to enter; grant entry to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The right to enter
Synonyms:
access; accession; admission; admittance; entree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("admission" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admission"):
door (anything providing a means of access (or escape))
Sense 3
Meaning:
An acknowledgment of the truth of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("admission" is a kind of...):
acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admission"):
confession (an admission of misdeeds or faults)
Derivation:
admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The fee charged for admission
Synonyms:
admission; admission charge; admission fee; admission price; entrance fee; entrance money; price of admission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("admission" is a kind of...):
fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)
Derivation:
admit (allow to enter; grant entry to)
admit (serve as a means of entrance)
Context examples:
Typically in managed care the third party payer requires second opinions and pre-certification review for patients requiring hospital admission.
(Managed Healthcare Plan, NCI Thesaurus)
Typically, in managed care, the third-party payer requires second opinions and pre-certification review for patients requiring hospital admission.
(Managed Care, NCI Thesaurus)
Onset of cardiac arrest that occurred after arrival at emergency department or during hospital admission.
(In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)
It was like a “spirit message,” such as are delivered at séances of spiritualists for a dollar admission.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
You will have to comply, but if it’s your child, having this on the student record could become a blotch on his or her college admission application.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"It is an open admission," he cried.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I suppose not,” returned my aunt, rather grudging the admission; “but it's very aggravating. However, she's Barkis now. That's some comfort. Barkis is uncommonly fond of you, Trot.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Is it my brother's attentions to Miss Thorpe, or Miss Thorpe's admission of them, that gives the pain?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"Yes'm." was the meek answer, as he began, doing his best to prove his gratitude for the favor of admission into the 'Busy Bee Society'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
This morning, as I sat watching the wan countenance of my friend—his eyes half closed and his limbs hanging listlessly—I was roused by half a dozen of the sailors, who demanded admission into the cabin.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
