Meaning & use
admission decision
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Meanings
nouncountable
An official choice about whether a person will be allowed to enter a school, university, or program.
Grammar: Countable and often used with 'receive', 'make', or 'final'.
Patterns
- receive an admission decision
- make an admission decision
- an admission decision from a school
She received her admission decision by email in March.
The committee will make admission decisions next week.
A late application may delay your admission decision.
nouncountableformal
A ruling about whether someone may enter a country or an institution.
Grammar: Countable; used in official or legal contexts.
Patterns
- an admission decision by an authority
- challenge an admission decision
The border agency's admission decision was final.
He asked a lawyer to review the admission decision.
Word forms
| plural | admission decisions |
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Common combinations
- receive an admission decision
- Students usually receive an admission decision in spring.
- admission decision from a university
- The admission decision from the university arrived today.
- final admission decision
- The dean has the final admission decision.
- delay an admission decision
- Missing documents can delay an admission decision.
Synonyms and how they differ
- acceptance letter
- An acceptance letter is the positive written result; an admission decision can also be a rejection.
- ruling
- A ruling is a general official decision, often in law; an admission decision is specifically about entering a school or country.
Word family
- admit verb
- to allow someone to enter or join
- admission noun
- the act of allowing someone to enter
- admissible adjective
- allowed to be used or accepted, especially in court
Commonly confused: admission decision or admission?
admission decision vs admission
Admission is the act or right of entering; an admission decision is the choice made about that entry.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'admission decision' correctly.
Choose one answer.
'Admission decision' is a countable noun phrase, so it fits 'The admission decision will be posted online'. The others use it as a verb or adverb, which is not grammatical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “admission decision”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.