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English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)
- 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.
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge.
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".
- To yield or make concession.
- (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.
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
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Translations
to yield or suffer; to surrender
- Armenian: զիջել (hy) (ziǰel)
- Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) impf (otstǎ́pvam), отстъ́пя pf (otstǎ́pja)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 投降 (zh) (tóuxiáng)
- Dutch: toegeven (nl), toestemmen (nl)
- Esperanto: koncedi
- Finnish: luovuttaa (fi), antaa periksi (fi)
- French: concéder (fr), céder (fr), admettre (fr)
- German: zugeben (de), zugestehen (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: συγχωρέω (sunkhōréō)
- Hebrew: קיבל \ קִבֵּל (he) (kibél), ויתר \ וִתֵּר (he) (vitér)
- Japanese: 敗北を認める (はいぼくをみとめる, haiboku o mitomeru), 譲歩する (ja) (じょうほする, jōhosuru)
- Khmer: ញ៉ម (km) (ñɑɑm)
- Korean: 양보하다 (ko) (yangbohada)
- Latin: concedō (la)
- Maori: ngawhere
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gi opp (no), innrømme (no)
- Polish: ustępować (pl) impf, ustąpić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: ceder (pt)
- Quechua: uynikuy
- Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja), уступа́ть (ru) impf (ustupátʹ), уступи́ть (ru) pf (ustupítʹ)
- Spanish: conceder (es), ceder (es)
- Swedish: erkänna (sv) sig besegrad, ge upp (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)
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to grant, as a right or privilege
to admit to be true
- Armenian: ընդունել (hy) (əndunel)
- Bulgarian: призна́вам (bg) impf (priznávam), призна́я pf (priznája)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: připouštět (cs) impf, připustit (cs) pf, přiznat (cs) pf, uznat (cs) pf
- Danish: medgive
- Dutch: toegeven (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: myöntää (fi), tunnustaa (fi)
- French: concéder (fr) que, reconnaître (fr), admettre (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: einräumen (de), zugestehen (de)
- Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru)
- Khmer: ព្រមទទួល (prômôttuŏl)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: innrømme (no), medgi, erkjenne (no)
- Portuguese: conceder (pt), reconhecer (pt)
- Quechua: uynikuy
- Russian: признава́ть (ru) impf (priznavátʹ), призна́ть (ru) pf (priznátʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: aidich
- Swedish: erkänna (sv), medge (sv), tillstå (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: itiraf etmek (tr)
- Vietnamese: thừa nhận (vi)
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to yield or make concession
(sports) to have a point scored against
(cricket) to have runs scored off of one's bowling
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Galician
Verb
concede
- inflection of conceder:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
- Rhymes: -ɛde
- Hyphenation: con‧cè‧de
Verb
concede
- third-person singular present indicative of concedere
Latin
Verb
concēde
- second-person singular present active imperative of concēdō
Portuguese
Verb
concede
- inflection of conceder:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French concéder.
Verb
a concede (third-person singular present conced, past participle conces) 3rd conj.
- to concede
Conjugation
Spanish
Verb
concede
- inflection of conceder:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative