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Admittance — Ad*mit tance, n. 1. The act of admitting. [1913 Webster] 2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception. [1913 Webster] To gain admittance into the house. South. [1913 Webster] He desires admittance to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
admittance — n. 1) to gain admittance to 2) to deny admittance to (he was denied admittance to the concert) * * * [əd mɪt(ə)ns] to gain admittance to to deny admittance to (he was denied admittance to the concert) … Combinatory dictionary
admittance — noun VERB + ADMITTANCE ▪ gain ▪ They were unable to gain admittance to the hall. ▪ allow sb ▪ deny sb, refuse sb PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
admittance — noun (U) formal permission to enter a place: gain admittance (=get admittance): Gaining admittance to his private club was no easy matter. compare admission (5) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
admittance — [[t]ædmɪ̱t(ə)ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N into/to n Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it. Dr Patel had a similar experience trying to gain admittance into medical school in Britain. Syn: admission … English dictionary
Admittance parameters — or Y parameters are properties used in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and communication systems engineering describe the electrical behavior of linear electrical networks when undergoing various steady state stimuli by small… … Wikipedia
gain — gain1 W2S2 [geın] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get something)¦ 2¦(get gradually)¦ 3¦(advantage)¦ 4¦(increase)¦ 5 gain access/entry/admittance etc (to something) 6 gain an understanding/insight/impression etc 7 gain ground 8 gain time 9¦(clock)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
gain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, huge, impressive, major, real, significant, spectacular … Collocations dictionary
gain — gain1 [ geın ] verb *** ▸ 1 get/achieve something ▸ 2 get benefit/advantage ▸ 3 increase in value ▸ 4 when clock goes too fast ▸ 5 arrive somewhere ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of effort:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gain — I UK [ɡeɪn] / US verb Word forms gain : present tense I/you/we/they gain he/she/it gains present participle gaining past tense gained past participle gained *** 1) a) [transitive] to get or achieve something, usually as a result of a lot of… … English dictionary
