Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of admitting.

    the act of admitting someone to enter

  2. (countable, uncountable)Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.

    the right to enter

  3. (countable, uncountable)Actual entrance, reception.

  4. (UK, countable, uncountable)The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The reciprocal of impedance.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Admittance to staff members only.

    Службовий вхід.

    deZutritt nur für Mitarbeiter.

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  2. We gained admittance to the meeting.

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  3. No admittance during the performance.

    deKein Einlass während der Vorstellung.

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  4. No admittance except on business.

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  5. No admittance beyond this point.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist

From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.

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