concede
English
Etymology
Old French conceder, from Latin concedō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cedō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈsiːd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iːd
Verb
concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- I have to concede the argument.
- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
- To yield or make concession.
- (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
Synonyms
- (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also Thesaurus:surrender
- (in sports): let in
- (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede
Related terms
Translations
to yield or suffer; to surrender
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to grant, as a right or privilege
to admit to be true
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to yield or make concession
(sports) to have a point scored against
(cricket) to have runs scored off of one's bowling
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