admitting

/ədˈmɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ədˈmɪt/

ədˈmɪt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

əd - ˈmɪt -> admitting

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ဝန်ခံနေ

Full entry

admit / ǝd'mÇt / v

၁။ ~ to sth/ doing sth ဝန်ခံသည်။ George would never admit to being wrong. ❍ The prisoner has admitted his guilt. ❍ I wrestled with the problem for weeks but finally had to admit defeat. ❍ I admit my mistake/ (that) I was wrong. ❍ I must admit I felt a little nervous. ❍ He admitted having stolen the car. ❍ It is now generally admitted to have been (ie Most people agree and accept that it was) a mistake. ❍ 'You may be right,' she admitted.
၂။ ~ sb/sth (to sth) (က) ဝင်ခွင့် ပြုသည်။ ဝင်နိုင်သည်။ Children are not to be admitted. ❍ The small window admitted very little light. ❍ Each ticket admits two people to the party. ❍ I was finally admitted to the great man's presence. (ခ) လက်ခံသည်။ တက်ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ The music department admits sixty new students every year. ❍ He was admitted to hospital with minor burns.
၃။ (fml ) လက်ခံနိုင်သည်။ ကာသည်။ ကန်သည်။ The theatre admits only 250 people.
၄။ ~ of sth (fml ) ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေရှိသည်။ လက်ခံနိုင်သည်။ The question admits of only one answer.
❏ admittedly adv (esp at the beginning of a clause) ဝန်ခံရမည်မှာ။ မငြင်းသာသည်မှာ။ ဖွင့်ဟရမည်မှာ။ Admittedly, he didn't know that at the time. ❍ The plan, admittedly, is not without its difficulties.

More examples

Clarke admitted his disappointment at the court’s decision, but said he would fight on.
‘I can’t sing at all, ’ he admitted.
[admit (that)] : Rachel admits that she had a hard time understanding the assignment.
[admit to] : I reluctantly admitted to being nervous about the test.
[admit doing something] : He is unwilling to admit being jealous of his brother.
[have (got) to admit/must admit] : It was a good effort, I’ve got to admit.
She admitted two charges of handling stolen goods.
[admit (that)] : She freely admits that she made mistakes.
[admit to] : In court he admitted to lying about the accident.
[admit doing something] : Davis admitted causing death by careless driving.
After collapsing, she was rushed to hospital, where she was admitted.
[admit someone to something] : They admitted John to the psychiatric unit of the Royal Covenant Hospital.
Latecomers will not be admitted until the interval.
[admit someone to something] : A group ticket admits six people to the zoo and museum.
The Stock Exchange will admit six firms as new members.
[admit someone to something] : The Baltic States were admitted to the United Nations in 1991.

Synonyms

confess, come clean, make a clean breast, acknowledge, own up, disclose, divulge, declare, state, accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, allow in, approve, avow, bare, be big on, bless, bring to light, buy, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, enter, entertain, enumerate, expose, fess up, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, go into details, grant, harbor, house, indicate, initiate, introduce, let, let in, let on, let pass, lodge, make known, narrate, number, okay, open up, own, permit, proclaim, profess, receive, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, shelter, sign, sign off on, spill, subscribe to, suffer, take, take in, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, welcome, yield

Antonyms

abstain, argue, bar, conceal, confute, contradict, cover, debar, decline, deny, differ, disagree, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, disown, dispute, disregard, dissent, eject, erase, exclude, expel, gainsay, give, hide, ignore, invalidate, keep, listen, misunderstand, object, offer, oppose, oust, prevent, protest, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, secrete, sell, shut, stop, suppress, turn away, veto, withhold