admittance

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admittance

the act of entering; the permission to enter: Only members are allowed admittance.

Not to be confused with:

admission – access: Admission is on the side of the building.; entrance fee: For the price of admission, you get to see two shows; confession of guilt: His admission of the crime got him a lighter sentence.

ad·mit·tance

(ăd-mĭt′ns)

1. The act of admitting or entering: approved the admittance of new students into the college.

2. Permission to enter: a pass that guarantees admittance to the nightclub.

3. Symbol YElectricity The reciprocal of impedance.

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admittance

(ədˈmɪtəns)

1. the right or authority to enter

2. the act of giving entrance

3. (Electronics) the act of giving entrance

4. (General Physics) the act of giving entrance

5. (Electrical Engineering) electrical engineering the reciprocal of impedance, usually measured in siemens. It can be expressed as a complex quantity, the real part of which is the conductance and the imaginary part the susceptance. Symbol: y

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ad•mit•tance

(ædˈmɪt ns)

n.

1. permission or right to enter: admittance to the exhibit room.

2. an act of admitting.

3. actual entrance.

4. the measure of the ability of an electrical circuit to conduct an alternating current, consisting of two components, conductance and susceptance; the reciprocal of impedance. Symbol: Y

[1585–95]

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Noun	1.	admittance - the right to enter access, entree, admission, accession right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
	2.	admittance - the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" admission incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" readmission - the act of admitting someone again; "the surgery was performed on his readmission to the clinic" matric, matriculation - admission to a group (especially a college or university)

admittance

noun access, entry, way in, passage, entrance, reception, acceptance He is trying to gain admittance into medical school.

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admittance

noun

1. The state of being allowed entry:

admission, entrance, ingress, ingression, introduction, intromission.

2. The right to enter or make use of:

access, admission, entrance, entrée, entry, ingress.

Translations

إذْن بِالدُّخُولدُخُول

vstup

adgangadmittans

AdmittanzZugang Zutritt

είσοδος

acceso entrada

admittanssikulkulupakulkuoikeusmyöntäminensisäänkäynti

entrée abord accèsadmittancedroit d’entrée

admitancijapristup

aîgangur

ammettenza ammissione entrata

入場許可

입장

inträde

การอนุญาตให้เข้าได้

giriş hakkıgiriş izni/hakkı

vào/được phép vào

允许进入准入

admittance

[ədˈmɪtəns] N → entrada f
to gain admittance → conseguir entrar
he was refused admittance → se le negó la entrada
"no admittance" → se prohíbe la entrada, prohibida la entrada

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

admittance

[ədˈmɪt^əns] n (= entry) → entrée f
"no admittance" → "défense d'entrer"
no admittance to people under 18 → entrée interdite aux moins de 18 ans
to refuse sb admittance → refuser de laisser entrer qn
to gain admittance to sth → être admis(e) dans qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

admittance

n (to building) → Zutritt m → (to zu), Einlass m (→ to in +acc); (to club) → Zulassung f → (to zu), Aufnahme f (→ to in +acc); I gained admittance to the hall → mir wurde der Zutritt zum Saal gestattet; I was denied admittance → mir wurde der Zutritt verwehrt or verweigert; no admittance except on business → Zutritt für Unbefugte verboten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

admittance

[ədˈmɪt/əns] n → ingresso
they refused me admittance → mi hanno rifiutato il permesso di entrare
to gain admittance → riuscire a entrare
"no admittance" → "vietato l'ingresso"

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

admit

(ədˈmit) – past tense, past participle adˈmitted – verb

1. to allow to enter. This ticket admits one person.

2. to say that one accepts as true. He admitted (that) he was wrong.

adˈmissible (-səbl) adjective

allowable. admissible evidence.

adˈmission (-ʃən) noun

1. being allowed to enter; entry. They charge a high price for admission.

2. (an) act of accepting the truth of (something). an admission of guilt.

adˈmittance noun

the right or permission to enter. The notice said `No admittance'.

adˈmittedly adverb

as is generally accepted. Admittedly, she is not well.

admittance

→ دُخُول vstup adgang Zugang είσοδος entrada sisäänpääsy droit d’entrée pristup ammissione 入場許可 입장 toelating adgang wstęp admissão доступ inträde การอนุญาตให้เข้าได้ giriş hakkı vào/được phép vào 准入

ad·mit·tance

n. entrada, admisión.

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"I am about to leave you forever; give me, therefore, one last proof of your affection and fidelity, for, according to our holy religion, a married man seeking admittance at the gate of Heaven is required to swear that he has never defiled himself with an unworthy woman.

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I am determined, you see, not to be denied admittance at Churchhill.

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My Father started--"What noise is that," (said he.) "It sounds like a loud rapping at the door"--(replied my Mother.) "it does indeed." (cried I.) "I am of your opinion; (said my Father) it certainly does appear to proceed from some uncommon violence exerted against our unoffending door." "Yes (exclaimed I) I cannot help thinking it must be somebody who knocks for admittance."

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Some think to bear it by speaking a great word, and being peremptory; and go on, and take by admittance, that which they cannot make good.

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There at least he was not denied admittance; but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor's appearance.

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It was like the golden branch that gained AEneas and the Sibyl admittance into Hades.

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I am cold, and I'm so wet!" exclaimed suddenly a child that stood crying at the door and knocking for admittance, while the rain poured down, and the wind made all the windows rattle.

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When we arrived at the island, which was about eleven in the morning, one of the gentlemen who accompanied me went to the governor, and desired admittance for a stranger, who came on purpose to have the honour of attending on his highness.

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Anyone who picked an apple gained admittance into the golden castle, and there in a silver room sat an enchanted Princess of surpassing fairness and beauty.

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So he made haste and came running up to the door of the abbey, and knocked loudly for admittance. Failing to get reply, he burst in the door with frenzied blows of his mighty fist, and soon came running up to the room where Robin lay, white and faint.

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Campaigns are wasted in reducing two or three frontier garrisons, to gain admittance into an enemy's country.

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One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill- starred John was presently beating for admittance. In an evil hour he satisfied the jealous inquiries of the contraband hotel-keeper; in an evil hour he penetrated into the somewhat unsavoury interior.