Definition

1. Verb:
   • To allow someone to enter a place, organization, or institution again: To grant entry or membership anew after a previous departure, expulsion, or exclusion.
   • To accept something back into a system or state: To permit re-entry or reintegration into a previous condition or location.

Usage

The verb "readmit" is used when someone or something is formally allowed back into a place or group from which they were previously removed or had left. It often involves an official decision or process.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The university board voted to readmit the student after his suspension.
  • The hospital had to readmit the patient due to complications.
  • After reviewing his appeal, the club decided to readmit him as a member.

Advanced Usage

• "to be readmitted to": This is the most common construction, specifying the place or group being re-entered.
  • She hopes to be readmitted to the nursing program next semester.
• The action of "readmitting" often follows a period of absence caused by disciplinary action, medical discharge, or voluntary withdrawal.

Variants and Related Words

• Readmission (n): The act or process of being readmitted.
  • His readmission to the bar association was a lengthy process.
• Admit (v): To allow to enter; to confess or acknowledge. This is the base verb from which "readmit" is formed with the prefix "re-" (meaning "again").

Synonyms

• Reinstate: To restore to a previous position or state.
• Reaccept: To accept again.
• Let back in: A more informal phrase with a similar meaning.

Antonyms

• Expel: To force to leave.
• Exclude: To deny access or entry.
• Bar: To prevent entry.

Related Phrases

• Readmit under probation: To allow someone back into an institution with specific conditions they must meet.
  • The student was readmitted under academic probation.
• Readmit to the fold: An idiomatic expression meaning to welcome someone back into a group, community, or family.
  • After years away, he was finally readmitted to the family fold.

Verb

1. admit again or anew
   • After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
2. admit anew
   • The refugee was readmitted into his home country