own up to (doing) sth No-one owned up to breaking the window.
^^ Own up is more informal than admit or confess
В a statement admitting something
con/ession /fon'fej<?n/ [n C] an official statement that someone makes to the police, admitting that they have done something illegal and explaining what happened: Sergeant Thompson wrote doum Smith's confession and asked him to sign it. make a confession At 3 a.m., Higgins broke down and made a full confession.
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ADMIT
admission /эd'mij^n/ [n С usually singular) when you admit that you were wrong or that you have done something bad or illegaclass="underline" You only married him for his money? What an admission!
+ (that) The Senator's admission that he had lied to Congress shocked many Americans.
admission of guilt/failure/defeat (=when you admit that you are guilty, you have failed etc) The court may assume that
your silence is an admission of guilt.
В to agree that something is true, although you do not want to
admit /dd'mit/ [и T] to accept that something is true or that someone is right, although you do not want to accept it, or you feel embarrassed about accepting it: "Yes, / was frightened," he admitted. + (that) / know you don't like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her pb.
admit (to) doing stk Both men admitted to having admired Hitler during the
1930s.
Ql must admit (that)/! have to admit
(that) spoken / must admit I really enjoy watching soap operas. Qadmit it spoken You were wrong, weren't you? Come on, admit it!
admitting - admitted - have admitted
Qadmittedly 3d'miti,dli; \adv] spoken use this when you are admitting that something is true: Admittedly, the questions were fairly easy, but you all did very well. I The treatment is painful, admit- tedly, but it is usually very successful.
ADULT
^ opposite child ^ see also ace, old, young
D not a child
adult I'xd Alt, a'dAlt/ [n C) someone who is not a child - use this to talk about someone who is at least 18: The cost of the trip is $59 for adults and $30 for children. I Some children find it difficult to
talk to adults.
/2Л You can also use aduit before a noun,
like an adjective: The book is intended for adult readers. I adult educatbn
Don't say 'adult people'. Just say adults
grown-up /.graun '\p<l (n C] an adult - used especially by children or when you are talking to children: Grown-ups are so boring! All they ever do is talk! grown-up [adj] Margaret has two grown-up sons. I Ryan felt very grownup being allowed to stay up so late.
/ull grown/fully grown /.fol gran*,
,fuli ground [adj] a person, animal, or plant that is full grown or fully grown has
reached its full adult size: A fully grown blue whale may be up to 30m long.
0 to become an adult
grow Up /,grao лр/ \phrasal verb I] to become an adult: What do you want to do when you grow up? I We plan to go and live in Florida when the children have grown up.
El the time when you are
an adult
adult li/e /,Жс1л1г laif, эДлИ-/ [n U] the part of someone's life when they are an adult: He has spent most of his adult life
in the US.
adulthood dAlthud, edAlthudI [n U]
formal the time when someone is an adult - use this especially to talk about people reaching this time: Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood.
reach adulthood (^become an adult) By
the time we reach adulthood our heart- rate has dropped to around 70 beats per minute.
ADVANTAGE/
DISADVANTAGE
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the good and bad points about
something
something that makes some
people more successful than others
^ see also good, bad
■I a good feature of something
advantage /adVarntidsJadVaen-/ [n С) а good feature of something, for example a way in which it is useful or better than
other things of the same kind: There are several methods of saving money, but this one has obvious advantages. + of The advantage of cycling to work is that I get some exercise. big advantage One of the biggest advantages of this course is that it giues students experience of working in a company.
Qthe good thing about sth /дэ
'god 0ii] abaut (sth)/ spoken use this when you are talking about one of the main advantages of something: The good thing about this Job is that lean work at home whenever I want.
benefit /'benefit/ [n C/U] a feature of something that has a good effect on people's lives; Tourism has brought many benefits to the area. + of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle I What are (he benefits, for Britain, of belonging to the European Union?
Q a bad feature of something
disadvantage /.disad'vamtidsl-advaen-/ [n C] a bad feature of something, for example a way in which it causes problems or is worse than other things of the same kind
+ of Nuclear power has a lot of disadvantages - for example what do you do with all the nuclear waste? I The main disadvantage of being a nurse is working irregular hours.
drawback /'draibaek/ [n С] a disadvantage of something, which makes it seem less attractive - use this especially when something seems good in other ways; It's a good-looking car - the only drawback is the price.
+ of One of the drawbacks of working for a large company is that you never know who is really in charge. 1 + to There are quite a lot of drawbacks to this method.
when you compare what is good and bad about something
the advantages and disadvantages !di cxi.vcrntrd^z on dfsadvarntid.-^zll -,v<Tn- the good and bad features of something - use this especially when you are comparing what is good and what is bad about something
+ of VJe had to write about the advantages and disadvantages of living in the country.
pros and COnS ,ргэо/ эп knnz||-ku:nz/ the advantages and disadvantages of something, which you need to think about in order to make a decision + of Your doctor should explain the pros and cons of the different treatments available.