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concede

/ concede /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
Type of:
agree hold concur
Kinds of:
forgive
Derived:
concession conceding yielding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb Sense 2
admit, make a clean breast of
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
Type of:
admit acknowledge
Derived:
confession confessor profession professing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 3
acknowledge defeat
"The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
Type of:
surrender give up
Derived:
concession conceding yielding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Type of:
give
Derived:
cession ceding concession conceding yielding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
55%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
2
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agree hold concur forgive admit acknowledge surrender give up give