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cede en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /siːd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.
   • In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese. 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:
   • Edward decided to cede the province.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To give up; yield to another. ▸ Same as above.
   • After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
3. (intransitive) To give way.

Forms

Deriveds

cede the field · unceded · retrocede

Relateds

exceed · recede · secede · precede · supersede · proceed · succeed · accede · antecedent · supercede · concede · excede · intercede · cession

Synonyms

above

Translations (49)

uk уступа́ти (give up) · eo cedi (give up) · nl uit de weg gaan (give up) · cs postoupit (give up) · uk уступи́ти (give up) · ru уступа́ть (give up) · it cedere (give up) · sh оду̀стати (give up) · ru отка́зываться (give up) · de zedieren (give up) · bg отстъ́пвам (give up) · sk postúpiť (give up) · de abtreten (give up) · mk се отка́жува (give up) · pl scedować (give up) · nb avstå (give up) · be уступа́ць (give up) · ja 譲渡する (give up) · sh odùstati (give up) · mk отста́пува (give up) · de überlassen (give up) · es ceder (give up) · bg отстъ́пя (give up) · bg отка́жа се (give up) · io cedar (give up) · fi luovuttaa (give up) · ko 양도하다 (give up) · nl aftreden (give up) · pl cedować (give up) · sq dorëzohem (give up) · bg отка́звам се (give up) · sh ùstuknuti (give up) · cs postupovat (give up) · nl opgeven (give up) · ro ceda (give up) · de nachgeben (to yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load) · mk се о́ткаже (give up) · sh у̀стукнути (give up) · ru отказа́ться (give up) · es ceder (to yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load) · ru уступи́ть (give up) · cmn 放弃 (give up) · mi tuku (give up) · mk о́тстапи (give up) · be уступі́ць (give up) · fr céder (give up) · pt ceder (give up) · mi tautuku (to yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load) · hy զիջել (give up)