admittance

noun

əd-ˈmi-tᵊn(t)s How to pronounce admittance (audio)
Definition of admittancenext
as in access
the means or right of entering or participating in admittance to the country club requires sponsorship from a current member

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Recent Examples of admittance To gain admittance, schools currently on the outside must elevate their brands. — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026 The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has said that the country will not participate in the Biennale if Russia is allowed admittance. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026 Later, when English wanted to attend college, Hunt called the founder of Lynn University to smooth his admittance. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 After their children were denied admittance into the Seventeenth Street School in Westminster, the Mendez parents, along with four other families, filed a class-action lawsuit against four Orange County school districts in 1945. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for admittance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admittance
  1. access
  2. admission
  3. door
  4. accession
  5. entrance
  6. entry
Noun
  • Before last season, Aitken penned an open letter to the Angels, pleading for a better partnership, a name change, and more access to inspect the stadium.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That could give small nuclear systems access to decades of engineering investment from industries that manufacture at vastly greater scale.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of access
Noun
  • In effect, the Federal Reserve’s own survey data is a quiet admission that private equity’s exit backlog and private credit’s maturity concentration have moved from an industry talking point to a supervisory concern.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping with its normal fall-season practice, Bishop’s is not charging admission costs for the Watermelon Festival.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of admission
Noun
  • One of the rentable rooms is the bank vault, which still has its six-ton door and reinforced concrete walls.
    — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But for the rest of the year, Rice simply lived there, working in an office off an 800-square-foot primary suite and taking dips in the pool or the ocean outside his door.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of door
Noun
  • What’s important is not whether Canada’s accession is realistic or not, but that the conversation is happening at all.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Following the 2024 Georgian parliamentary elections, Georgian Dream suspended its accession talks with the EU.
    — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of accession
Noun
  • Shopping malls across the country are roping off parking spaces closest to main entrances and food courts to make a few extra bucks.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Officers met with representatives of Lamb, who identified an apparent entrance and exit point as a broken window on the side of the house.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of entrance
Noun
  • And despite the high barrier to entry for non-aerospace businesses, new companies are getting in on the action.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Jordan’s Ferrari represents Joopiter’s entry into the surging high-end collector-car market.
    — Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of entry

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