Definitions for concede
kənˈsidcon·cede

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. concede, profess, confess(verb)

   admit (to a wrongdoing)

   "She confessed that she had taken the money"

2. concede, yield, grant(verb)

   be willing to concede

   "I grant you this much"

3. concede, yield, cede, grant(verb)

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

4. concede(verb)

   acknowledge defeat

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. concede(Verb)

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

2. concede(Verb)

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

3. concede(Verb)

   To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

4. concede(Verb)

   To yield or make concession.

5. concede(Verb)

   To have a goal or point scored against

6. concede(Verb)

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

Origin: conceder, from concedo, from con- + cedo, from ked-.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Concede(verb)

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

2. Concede(verb)

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

3. Concede(verb)

   to admit to be true; to acknowledge

4. Concede(verb)

   to yield or make concession

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce concede?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   I concede

2. President Obama:

   You need to concede.

3. Edward Lowassa:

   If it's not, I won't concede.

4. John Kennedy:

   I'm not prepared to concede that.

5. George Pell:

   I would concede I should have done more.

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