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noun
The state of being allowed to enter; admittance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of allowing to enter; admission
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Putting one thing into another; introduction (into); insertion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Copulation: usually the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
the act of putting one thing into another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: insertion, introduction
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Broader terms: movement
Narrower terms: cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation, instillation, instillment, instilment, enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure, injection, transfusion, blood transfusion, perfusion
History
From Medieval Latin intrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn- (“introduction, admission; usurpation”), intro- (“into”) + missiō (“sending”), from Latin intrōmissus (“sent in, introduced, let in, admitted”), perfect passive participle of intrōmittō (“send in, let in”).
Across languages
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