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 Definitions of concede  [ənˈsid]  

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Definition of 'concede' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) concede
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit, often grudgingly:
He finally conceded that she was right.

2.  concede
to acknowledge (an opponent's victory, score, etc.) before it is officially established:
to concede an election.

3.  concede
to grant as a right or privilege; yield.

4. (v.i.) concede
to make concession; yield; admit.

Etymology:  (1625–35; < L concēdere=con-con - +cēdere to withdraw, yield, cede)

Definition of 'concede' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) concede, profess, confess
admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"

2. (verb) concede, yield, grant
be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"

3. (verb) concede, yield, cede, grant
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

4. (verb) concede
acknowledge defeat
"The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"


Definition of 'concede' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) concede
to admit sth unpleasant
to concede that they could have done better

2.  concede
to stop trying to win
to concede defeat; The governor has conceded.


Definition of 'concede' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) concede
to yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question

2. (verb) concede
to grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of

3. (verb) concede
to admit to be true; to acknowledge

4. (verb) concede
to yield or make concession


Translation of 'concede' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to admit
He conceded that he had been wrong.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: toegee; opgee, oorgee, er Arabic flag Arabic: يُسلِّـم بِ، يُقـرُّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отстъпвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: reconhecer Czech flag Czech: připustit German flag German: einräumen
Danish flag Danish: indrømme Greek flag Greek: παραδέχομαι Spanish flag Spanish: reconocer, admitir
Estonian flag Estonian: möönma Farsi flag Farsi: تصدیق کردن؛ پذیرفتن Finnish flag Finnish: myöntää
French flag French: reconnaître que Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהוֹדוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: मान लेना
Croatian flag Croatian: priznati Hungarian flag Hungarian: beleegyezik Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengakui
Icelandic flag Icelandic: játa Italian flag Italian: ammettere Japanese flag Japanese: 認める
Korean flag Korean: 인전하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pripažinti Latvian flag Latvian: atzīt; pieļaut
Malay flag Malay: mengaku Dutch flag Dutch: toegeven Norwegian flag Norwegian: innrømme, vedgå, erkjenne
Polish flag Polish: przyznawać Persian flag Persian: تصدیق کردن؛ پذیرفتن Pashto flag Pashto: غاړه ايښوول، منل، تن ايښو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: reconhecer Romanian flag Romanian: a recunoaşte (că) Russian flag Russian: признать
Slovak flag Slovak: pripustiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: priznati Serbian flag Serbian: priznati
Swedish flag Swedish: medge Thai flag Thai: ยอมรับ Turkish flag Turkish: kabul etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 承認 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: визнавати Urdu flag Urdu: تسلیم کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thừa nhận Chinese flag Chinese: 承认

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