Conceded meaning

The definition of conceded means that you acknowledge or accepted defeat or that something was true.

When you are behind by 20 points in a game and simply tell your opponent that you know you can't win, this is an example of a situation where you conceded defeat.

When you are arguing about something and your opponent convinces you he was right, this is an example of a situation where you conceded the point.

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Simple past tense and past participle of concede.
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Conceded Sentence Examples

  • "You are my father," Alex conceded without emotion.

  • These terms practically conceded all that the Boers demanded, and were never regarded as anything else than surrender either by the Boers or the loyalists in South Africa.

  • The recognition of the imperial title (padishah) was at last conceded to the Russian tsars.

  • In later times the measure of authority conceded to a pastor as the shepherd of a flock has been much diminished in consequence of the gradual development of democratic feeling in both minister and congregation.

  • "Well," Bordeaux conceded, sliding his plate away.

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