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.

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?

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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. 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).

2. Stacey Abrams:

   So let's be clear -- this is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper, as a woman of conscience and faith, I can not concede that. But, my assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy. Now, I can certainly bring a new case to keep this one contest alive, but I don't want to hold public office if I need to scheme my way into the post. Because the title of governor isn't nearly as important as our shared title -- voters. And that is why we fight on.

3. Tyrone Hall:

   We are appalled at the state of negotiations. At this stage we are being cornered, we fear having to concede on too many issues that would damage the very integrity of the Paris Agreement.

4. David Price:

   There's still plenty of sense that we need to address the slipping away of the American dream with blue-collar America, we didn't do it in 2016. But we're not about to concede that or to give it up.

5. Christopher Dearborn:

   I don't think they have any hope of prevailing in the guilt phase, but their strategy will continue to be to gain some credibility with the jury by conceding what they had to concede and hoping to try to humanize the kid a little bit so that will carry over into the second phase of the trial.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Concede
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Concede