{
    "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’."
}