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Definition of Concede
1. Verb. Admit (to a wrongdoing). "She confessed that she had taken the money"
Generic synonyms: Acknowledge, Admit
Specialized synonyms: Fess Up, Make A Clean Breast Of, Own Up
Derivative terms: Confession, Confession, Confessor, Profession
2. Verb. Be willing to concede. "I grant you this much"
Generic synonyms: Agree, Concord, Concur, Hold
Specialized synonyms: Forgive
Derivative terms: Conceding, Concession, Concessive, Yielding
3. Verb. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
Generic synonyms: Give
Derivative terms: Cession, Conceding, Concession
4. Verb. Acknowledge defeat. "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
Definition of Concede
1. v. t. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
2. v. i. To yield or make concession.
Definition of Concede
1. Verb. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. ¹
2. Verb. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. ¹
3. Verb. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. ¹
4. Verb. To yield or make concession. ¹
5. Verb. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against ¹
6. Verb. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concede
1. to acknowledge as true [v -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concede
Literary usage of Concede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1873)
"While willing to concede to them, and to other army surgeons in the British
possessions in the East, the advantage derived from the opportunity which their ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Here all the books concede that there ¡sa clear lien created by the act of the
party, but does that lien produce an alienation of the property? Blaine v. ..."
3. Menander, the Principal Fragments by Menander (1921)
"But (I call upon: you to concede (the facts) — you, with «horn (this fellow who
has treated my) daughter . . . on worthily (was drinking). ..."
4. Journal by United States, Congress (1858)
"enacting and administering such laws ; and also slow to concede that the general
government has a right to interfere with the exercise of a sovereign right ..."
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