concede

From Middle English , 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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsid/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːd/,

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• Rhymes: -iːd

concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

   I have to concede the argument.

   He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

   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; to grant.
   • 2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10:

     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".

4. To yield or make concession.
5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against

   I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

   • 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.

6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

• (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also Thesaurus:surrender
• (in sports): let in
• (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede

• concession

• concede defeat

concede

1. inflection of conceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: con‧cè‧de

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of concedere

concēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of concēdō

concede

1. inflection of conceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French concéder.

a concede (third-person singular present conced, past participle conces) 3rd conjugation

1. to concede

concede

1. inflection of conceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative