Definitions for concede
kənˈsidcon·cede

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

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"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 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.]

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. Olena Zelenska:

   You ca n’t just concede parts of your territory, it's like conceding freedom, even if we would consider [ it ], the aggressor would not stop at that.

2. John Thune:

   Well, I mean, I don't know that President Donald Trump's ever going to concede. That's a decision ultimately President Donald Trump'll have to make.

3. Clifford Villalon:

   People do not comply because they do not accede. But when they know they will succeed, that is the time they will concede.

4. Abilene Police Chief Stan Stanridge:

   We readily concede that the issue is very concerning, but we do not believe it is criminal.

5. Tyrone Hall:

   We fear having to concede on too many issues that would damage the very integrity of the Paris Agreement.

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