Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open admission

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
open ad-mis-sion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

open admissions (plural)

Synonyms

open enrollment

Questions

What does open admission mean?
An unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

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