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concede en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /kənˈsid/ (General-American)
• /kənˈsiːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [kənˈsɪid] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

Meanings

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
   • He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
   • I have to concede the argument.
   • Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
   • On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language. 2015, Patricia A. Duff, Liam Doherty, “Examining Agency in (Second) Language Socialization Research”, in Ping Deters, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Gergana Vitanova, editors, Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Second Language Acquisition; 84), Bristol: Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Approaches to Agency), page 68:
   • Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground". 2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10:
   • Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 161:
4. To yield or make concession.
5. To have a goal or point scored against
   • The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal. 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
   • I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
6. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Forms

Deriveds

concededly · unconceded · concedence · concedable · unconcede · reconcede · unconceding

Relateds

concession · concessible

Synonyms

grant · come around · give up · capitulate (surrender) · give · accede (yield or make concession) · give way · let in (in sports)

Translations (123)

fi antaa periksi (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · he קיבל \ קִבֵּל (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pl przyznawać (to admit to be true) · bg отстъ́пвам (to yield or make concession) · bg призна́вам (to admit to be true) · bg отстъ́пя (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pl poddawać (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nb medgi (to admit to be true) · cs vzdát (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ja 敗北を認める (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · cs připouštět (to admit to be true) · pt conceder (to admit to be true) · pl ustąpić (to yield or make concession) · fi tunnustaa (to admit to be true) · pt ceder (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru сда́ться (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru уступи́ть (to yield or make concession) · tr teslim etmek (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · sv medge (to admit to be true) · sv bevilja (to grant, as a right or privilege) · pt conceder (to grant, as a right or privilege) · de zulassen ((sports) to have a point scored against) · gd aidich (to admit to be true) · ja 認める (to admit to be true) · grc συγχωρέω (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pl przyznawać (to grant, as a right or privilege) · bg призна́я (to admit to be true) · he ויתר \ וִתֵּר (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fr admettre (to admit to be true) · es dar la razón a (to admit to be true) · nl toestemmen (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · da bevilge (to grant, as a right or privilege) · sv ge upp (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru уступа́ть (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · el παραδέχομαι (to admit to be true) · sv släppa in (ett mål) ((sports) to have a point scored against) · bg допу́скам ((sports) to have a point scored against) · la concedō (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pl ustąpić (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fr admettre (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fi päästää ((sports) to have a point scored against) · bg отстъ́пя (to yield or make concession) · es conceder (to admit to be true) · qu uynikuy (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · da indrømme (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · mi ngawhere (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · sv erkänna sig besegrad (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pl ustępować (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru признава́ть (to grant, as a right or privilege) · fr céder (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nl toegeven (to admit to be true) · fr reconnaître (to admit to be true) · ru призна́ть (to grant, as a right or privilege) · fi myöntää (to admit to be true) · pt conferir (to grant, as a right or privilege) · fi luovuttaa (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · de zugestehen (to admit to be true) · pt outorgar (to grant, as a right or privilege) · fr céder (to yield or make concession) · ru пропуска́ть ((sports) to have a point scored against) · fr concéder que (to admit to be true) · sv avstå (to yield or make concession) · cs poskytnout (to grant, as a right or privilege) · cmn 承认 (to admit to be true) · pl ustępować (to yield or make concession) · km ព្រមទទួល (to admit to be true) · bg призна́я (to grant, as a right or privilege) · sv erkänna (to admit to be true) · nb innrømme (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nb innrømme (to admit to be true) · cmn 投降 (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · cs dostat (gól) ((sports) to have a point scored against) · ru сдава́ться (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru призна́ть (to admit to be true) · hy զիջել (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · sv avträda (to yield or make concession) · es conceder (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru признава́ть (to admit to be true) · fi antaa periksi (to yield or make concession) · nb gi opp (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fi myöntää (to grant, as a right or privilege) · ru уступи́ть (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · vi thừa nhận (to admit to be true) · pl poddać (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ru уступа́ть (to yield or make concession) · pl przyznać (to grant, as a right or privilege) · ko 양보하다 (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · pt conceder (to yield or make concession) · nb slippe inn ((sports) to have a point scored against) · da medgive (to admit to be true) · nb godtgjøre (to grant, as a right or privilege) · eo koncedi (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fr concéder (to grant, as a right or privilege) · bg отстъ́пвам (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fr concéder ((sports) to have a point scored against) · cs uznat (to admit to be true) · es conceder (to grant, as a right or privilege) · tr itiraf etmek (to admit to be true) · pt reconhecer (to admit to be true) · bg призна́вам (to grant, as a right or privilege) · cs udělit (to grant, as a right or privilege) · cs přiznat (to admit to be true) · pl przyznać (to admit to be true) · de zugeben (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nb innrømme (to grant, as a right or privilege) · es exaudir (to grant, as a right or privilege) · nb erkjenne (to admit to be true) · tr ödün vermek (to yield or make concession) · sv tillstå (to admit to be true) · cs inkasovat ((sports) to have a point scored against) · qu uynikuy (to admit to be true) · tr taviz vermek (to yield or make concession) · de zugestehen (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nl toegeven (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · ja 譲歩する (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · fr concéder (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · bg допу́сна ((sports) to have a point scored against) · de einräumen (to admit to be true) · km ញ៉ម (to yield or suffer; to surrender) · nb bevilge (to grant, as a right or privilege) · cs připustit (to admit to be true) · ru пропусти́ть ((sports) to have a point scored against) · hy ընդունել (to admit to be true)