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INTROMIT (intromitted, intromitting)

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Irregular inflected forms: intromitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, intromitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does intromit mean? 

INTROMIT (verb)
  The verb INTROMIT has 1 sense:

1. allow to enter; grant entry toplay

  Familiarity information: INTROMIT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTROMIT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they intromit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it intromits  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: intromitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: intromitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: intromitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Allow to enter; grant entry to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

admit; allow in; intromit; let in

Context example:

This pipe admits air

Hypernyms (to "intromit" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

admit (serve as a means of entrance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intromit"):

repatriate (admit back into the country)

readmit (admit anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)


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