concede (redirected from concedes)

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.

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

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con·ceded·ly (-sdd-l) adv.

con·ceder n.

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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]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	concede - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" confess, profess 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" grant, yield 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 cede, yield, grant 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"

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concede

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

verb 2. give up, yield, hand over, surrender, relinquish, cede << OPPOSITE conquer

Translations

concede [kənˈsiːd] vt → reconocer [+ game]; darse por vencido en [+ territory]; ceder

vi → darse por vencido

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concede [kənˈsiːd] vt → concéder

vi → céder

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concede [kənˈsiːd] vt → zugeben

vi → nachgeben;

(admit defeat) → sich geschlagen geben;

to concede defeat → sich geschlagen geben;

to concede a point to sb → jdm in einem Punkt recht geben

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concede [kənˈsiːd] vt → concedere

vi → fare una concessione