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Collocations for admission - noun

1. entrance

ADJECTIVE

free, half-price
emergency
emergency admissions to hospital
cinema (BrE), theatre/theater
accident and emergency (abbreviated to A & E), emergency-room (abbreviated to ER), hospital
70% of hospital admissions are associated with alcohol.
college, law-school, school, university
graduate, undergraduate (both esp. AmE)
open, selective (both esp. AmE)

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VERB + admission

apply for, seek
He's applied for admission to the local college.
gain
to gain admission to one of the best schools
grant sb
refuse sb

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admission + NOUN

charge, fee, price
criteria, policy
procedure
rate
hospital admission rates
admissions department, admissions office
admissions director, admissions officer
process
admissions requirements (esp. AmE)

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PREPOSITION

on admission
On admission to hospital you will be examined by a doctor.
admission to

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2. statement admitting sth

ADJECTIVE

clear, frank, full
This is a clear admission that you were wrong.
tacit
grudging

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VERB + admission

make

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PREPOSITION

admission of
She has made no admission of any involvement in the plot.

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PHRASES

an admission of defeat, an admission of failure, an admission of guilt, an admission of liability
She saw his leaving the company as an admission of failure.
by sb's own admission
By his own admission he should never have driven so fast.

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