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concede
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con·cede  (kn-sd)
v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes
v.tr.
1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
2. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
v.intr.
To make a concession: yield: The losing candidate conceded at midnight after the polls had closed.

[French concéder, from Latin concdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + cdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

con·ceded·ly (-sdd-l) adv.
con·ceder n.

concede
Verb
[-ceding, -ceded]
1. to admit (something) as true or correct
2. to give up or grant (something, such as a right)
3. to acknowledge defeat in (a contest or argument) [Latin concedere]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.concede - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
fess up, make a clean breast of, own up - admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
2.concede - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
agree, concur, concord, hold - be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
forgive - stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
3.concede - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
4.concede - acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
surrender, give up - give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

concede
verb 1. admit, allow, accept, acknowledge, own, grant, confess << OPPOSITE deny
Translations

concede [kənˈsiːd] vtreconocer [+ game]; darse por vencido en [+ territory]; ceder
vidarse por vencido
concede [kənˈsiːd] vtconcéder
vicéder
concede [kənˈsiːd] vtzugeben
vinachgeben;
(admit defeat) → sich geschlagen geben;
to concede defeat → sich geschlagen geben;
to concede a point to sb → jdm in einem Punkt recht geben
concede [kənˈsiːd] vtconcedere
vifare una concessione

concede
v concede [kənˈsiːd]
1 to admit He conceded that he had been wrong. toegee; opgee, oorgee, erken يُسلِّـم بِ، يُقـرُّ отстъпвам připustit indrømme einräumen παραδέχομαι reconocer, admitir möönma تصدیق کردن؛ پذیرفتن myöntää reconnaître que לְהוֹדוֹת मान लेना priznati beleegyezik mengakui játa ammettere 認める 시인하다 pripažinti atzīt; pieļaut mengaku toegeven innrømme, vedgå, erkjenne przyznawać reconhecer a recunoaşte (că) признать pripustiť priznati priznati medge ยอมรับ kabul etmek 承認 визнавати تسلیم کرنا thừa nhận
2 to grant (eg a right). inwillig, toestaan يخوّل، يَمْنَح (حَقّا) признавам uznat, přiznat (právo na) afstå; overgive gewähren παραχωρώ (π.χ. δικαίωμα) conceder ametlikult andma اعطا کردن؛ واگذار کردن myöntää accorder לְהַעֲנִיק प्रदान कर देना odobriti megad menyetujui leyfa concedere 与える 용인하다 pripažinti, atiduoti, perleisti piekāpties menyerahkan toestaan gjøre innrømmelser (overfor), med przyznawać conceder a acorda уступить (право) priznať podeliti priznati bevilja ยินยอม vermek 給與 поступатися عطا کرنا nhường


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