Concede definition
To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit.
Conceded that we made a mistake.
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To make a concession.
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The definition of concede means to acknowledge or admit.
An example of concede is a political candidate giving a speech saying they've lost to their opponent.
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To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
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To acknowledge defeat in.
Concede an election; concede a chess match.
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To yield or surrender (something owned or disputed, such as land).
Conceded the region when signing the treaty.
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(sports) To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.
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To make a concession or acknowledge defeat; yield.
The losing candidate conceded after the polls had closed.
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To admit as true or valid; acknowledge.
To concede a point in argument.
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To acknowledge as certain or proper.
A candidate conceding defeat on election night.
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To end (an unfinished match or contest) by declaring that one has been defeated.
To concede a baseball game if down by ten runs.
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To grant as a right, privilege, or favor.
To concede autonomy to local governments, to concede a gimme in a golf match.
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To acknowledge defeat in an election.
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To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
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(sports) To have a goal or point scored against.
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Origin of concede
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old French conceder, from Latin concedō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cedō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).
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