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Concede

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Verb

1. concede, confess, profess

admit (to a wrongdoing)

Example Sentences:
'She confessed that she had taken the money'

2. concede, grant, yield

be willing to concede

Example Sentences:
'I grant you this much'

3. cede, concede, grant, yield

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

4. concede

acknowledge defeat

Example Sentences:
'The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Concede

see synonyms of concede
verb
1. (when tr, may take a clause as object)
to admit or acknowledge (something) as true or correct
2. 
to yield or allow (something, such as a right)
3. (transitive)
to admit as certain in outcome
to concede an election

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Concede

see synonyms of concede
verb transitiveWord forms: conˈceded or conˈceding
1. 
to admit as true or valid; acknowledge
to concede a point in argument
2. 
to admit as certain or proper
to concede victory to an opponent
3. 
to grant as a right or privilege
to concede autonomy to local governments
verb intransitive
4. 
to make a concession
5.  US
to acknowledge defeat in an election

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Concede

see synonyms of concede
v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes
v.tr.
1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit: conceded that we made a mistake. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
2.
a. To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
b. To acknowledge defeat in: concede an election; concede a chess match.
3.
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.
v.intr.
To make a concession or acknowledge defeat; yield: The losing candidate conceded after the polls had closed.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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