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{
"term": "admission",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of accepting somebody into an institution, organization, etc.; the right to enter a place or to join an institution or organization",
"sensetop": "admission to something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hospital admission is not necessary in most cases."
},
{
"text": "Hospital admissions for asthma attacks have doubled."
},
{
"text": "the university **admissions policy/office**"
},
{
"text": "They tried to get into the club but were refused admission."
},
{
"text": "She failed to **gain admission** to the university of her choice."
},
{
"text": "Is there any charge for admission?"
},
{
"text": "There was a steady decline in cinema admissions during the 1960s."
},
{
"text": "countries applying for admission to the European Union",
"contextForm": "admission to something"
},
{
"text": "Last admissions to the park are at 4 p.m."
},
{
"text": "He's applied for admission to the local college."
},
{
"text": "On admission to hospital you will be examined by a doctor."
},
{
"text": "emergency admissions to hospital"
},
{
"text": "hospital admission rates"
},
{
"text": "to gain admission to one of the best schools"
},
{
"text": "Admission is by ticket only."
},
{
"text": "Last admission 30 minutes before closing time."
},
{
"text": "She works in the college admissions office"
},
{
"text": "The country has applied for admission to the European Union."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare", "Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["free", "half-price", "emergency"],
"verb + admission": ["apply for", "seek", "gain"],
"admission + noun": ["charge", "fee", "price"],
"preposition": ["on admission", "admission to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a statement in which somebody admits that something is true, especially something wrong or bad that they have done",
"sensetop": "admission of somethingadmission that…",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is a thief **by his own admission** *(= he has admitted it)*."
},
{
"text": "an **admission of guilt/failure/defeat**",
"contextForm": "admission of something"
},
{
"text": "The minister's resignation was an admission that she had lied.",
"contextForm": "admission that…"
},
{
"text": "She has made no admission of any involvement in the plot."
},
{
"text": "She saw his leaving the company as an admission of failure."
},
{
"text": "This is a clear admission that you were wrong."
},
{
"text": "By his own admission he should never have driven so fast."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "frank", "full"],
"verb + admission": ["make"],
"preposition": ["admission of"],
"phrases": [
"an admission of defeat",
"an admission of failure",
"an admission of guilt"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the amount of money that you pay to go into a building or to an event",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**admission charges/prices**"
},
{
"text": "£5 admission"
},
{
"text": "What's the admission?"
},
{
"text": "There is an admission fee of $10."
},
{
"text": "Admission is free and no booking is required."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["free", "half-price", "emergency"],
"verb + admission": ["apply for", "seek", "gain"],
"admission + noun": ["charge", "fee", "price"],
"preposition": ["on admission", "admission to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪʃn/",
"audio": "ad/admission/admission__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ədˈmɪʃn/",
"audio": "ad/admission/admission__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin admissio(n-), from the verb admittere, from ad- ‘to’ + mittere ‘send’."
}