readmit
/'ri:əd'mit/
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Definition
- 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
- admit again or anew
- After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
- admit anew
- The refugee was readmitted into his home country