Definitions for CONCEDE
kənˈsidcon·cede

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. concede, profess, confessverb

   admit (to a wrongdoing)

   "She confessed that she had taken the money"

2. concede, yield, grantverb

   be willing to concede

   "I grant you this much"

3. concede, yield, cede, grantverb

   give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

4. concedeverb

   acknowledge defeat

   "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. concedeverb

   To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

2. concedeverb

   To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. concedeverb

   To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

4. concedeverb

   To yield or make concession.

5. concedeverb

   To have a goal or point scored against

6. concedeverb

   (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

7. Etymology: conceder, from concedo, from con- + cedo, from ked-.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CONCEDEverb

   To yield; to admit; to grant; to let pass undisputed.

   Etymology: concedo, Latin.

   This must not be conceded without limitation. Boyle.

   The atheist, if you do but concede to him that fortune may be an agent, doth presume himself safe and invulnerable. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. concede

   To concede is to admit or acknowledge something, often unwillingly or with reluctance, such as defeat in a competition, the truth of an argument, or the validity of a point. It can also mean to surrender or yield to something, or allow someone to have something like rights, territories or privileges.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Concedeverb

   to yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question

2. Concedeverb

   to grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of

3. Concedeverb

   to admit to be true; to acknowledge

4. Concedeverb

   to yield or make concession

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Concede

   kon-sēd′, v.t. to cede or give up: to quit: to surrender: to admit: to grant.—v.i. to admit or grant.—n. Conced′er. [L. concedĕre, -cessum—con, wholly and cedĕre, to yield.]

Matched Categories

1. • Admit
   • Surrender

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CONCEDE' in Verbs Frequency: #772

How to pronounce CONCEDE?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CONCEDE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CONCEDE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of CONCEDE in a Sentence

1. Seth Dillon:

   We don’t concede for a moment that we are speaking hate speech here, we’re punching back, not down, and we’re poking holes in the popular narrative.

2. John Kennedy:

   I'm not prepared to concede that.

3. Fabien Galthie:

   The players honoured the France shirt. It’s a defeat, we must admit it. We concede the defeat but it’s also frustrating, the game was lost on details but also on( refereeing) decisions, it’s very frustrating.

4. Top Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris:

   We will concede to the will of the people that we need to build the country first, but once the country stands on its feet, we will not accept less than a true, total, liberal, democratic (society).

5. President Trump:

   We will never concede.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CONCEDE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Concede
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CONCEDE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CONCEDE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CONCEDE