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How to spell admission

Admission is spelled A-D-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

What it means: The right to enter a place.

In a sentence: The admission ticket to the zoo lets us see all the animals. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: admit, admitted, admittance, submission, permission. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Admission” comes from Latin ‘admissio,’ from ‘admittere’ meaning ‘to let in’ or ‘to grant access.’ Over time, English extended the meaning from simply ‘entering’ a place to also include the fee you pay to be allowed in.

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