admitted

Admitted is the past participle of the verb admit and is used as both a verb form and an adjective. As a verb, it appears in perfect tenses such as has admitted or was admitted. As an adjective, it describes someone or something that has been granted entry or recognition, such as an admitted student who has been accepted to a college, or an admitted patient who has been admitted to a hospital. In addition, admitted can express that a person has acknowledged or confessed to something, for example, she admitted the mistake.

Etymology traces admitted to the Latin admittere, meaning to permit or to send toward. The prefix ad- means toward, and mittere means to send. Over time, the sense broadened from permitting entry to including acknowledgment or concession in speech and writing.

Common usage contexts include education, health care, law, and everyday speech. In education, an admitted student has met admission criteria and is formally enrolled. In health care, an admitted patient is someone brought into a facility for care. In law, a person may be admitted to the bar, meaning they are authorized to practice law. In everyday language, admitted is used to indicate acknowledgment of a fact or confession, as in 'he admitted the error' or 'they admitted the claim.'

See also: Admission, Admittance, Admittedly, Admittable. Admitted contrasts with unadmitted, which denotes lack of admission or denial of entry or recognition. The term remains widely used across formal and informal contexts to indicate entry, recognition, or acknowledgment.