concede

con·cede

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verb

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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concede

transitive verb

-·ced′ed, -·ced′ing

to admit as true or valid; acknowledge: to concede a point in argument
to acknowledge as certain or proper: a candidate conceding defeat on election night
to end (an unfinished match or contest) by declaring that one has been defeated: to concede a baseball game if down by ten runs
to grant as a right, privilege, or favor: to concede autonomy to local governments, to concede a gimme in a golf match

Origin of concede

Classical Latin concedere from com-, with + cedere, to go, grant, cede

to make a concession
to acknowledge defeat in an election

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concede

verb

con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes

verb

transitive

To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit: conceded that we made a mistake. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
a. To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
b. To acknowledge defeat in: concede an election; concede a chess match.
a. To yield or surrender (something owned or disputed, such as land): conceded the region when signing the treaty.
b. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
c. Sports To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.

verb

intransitive

To make a concession or acknowledge defeat; yield: The losing candidate conceded after the polls had closed.

Origin of concede

French concéder from Latin concēdere com- intensive pref. ; see com- . cēdere to yield ; see ked- in Indo-European roots.

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con·ced′ed·ly
adverb

con·ced′er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Origin

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”).

See also: concède

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