cede

See also:cedé,cedě,cedê,cédé,andcède

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchceder,fromOld Frenchceder,fromLatincēdō(“to yield”),fromProto-Indo-European*ḱyesdʰ-(“to drive away; to go away”).Cognate withTocharian Bkätk-(“to cross, pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/siːd/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iːd
• Homophones:sede,seed

Verb

cede(third-person singular simple presentcedes,present participleceding,simple past and past participleceded)

1. (transitive)Togive up;yieldto another.[withto]

   Edward decided tocedethe province.

   1. (ditransitive)Same as above.[withdative]

      After figuring out the seating arrangement andcedinghim the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.

   • 2005,Jesse Helms,“Foreign Relations Experiences”, inHere's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎^[1],New York:Random House,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page227:

     In the late nineteenth century, the ChinesecededTaiwan to the Japanese.

2. (intransitive)Togive way.

Derived terms

• cede the field
• retrocede
• unceded

Related terms

• accede
• antecedent
• concede
• excede
• exceed
• intercede
• precede
• proceed
• recede
• secede
• succeed
• supercede,supersede

Translations

give up

• Albanian:please add this translation if you can
• Armenian:զիջել(hy)(ziǰel)
• Belarusian:уступа́цьimpf(ustupácʹ),уступі́цьpf(ustupícʹ)
• Bulgarian:отстъ́пвам(bg)impf(otstǎ́pvam),отстъ́пяpf(otstǎ́pja),отка́звам се(bg)impf(otkázvam se),отка́жа се(bg)pf(otkáža se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phóng khí(zh)(fàngqì)

• Crimean Tatar:please add this translation if you can
• Czech:postupovat(cs)impf,postoupit(cs)pf
• Dutch:aftreden(nl),uit de weg gaan,opgeven(nl)
• Esperanto:cedi
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Finnish:luovuttaa(fi)
• French:céder(fr)
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:abtreten(de),zedieren(de)
• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Ido:cedar(io)
• Italian:cedere(it)
• Japanese:譲 độ する(ja)(じょうとする, jōto suru)
• Korean:양도하다(ko)(yangdohada)
• Latvian:please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian:please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian:о́тстапиpf(ótstapi),отста́пуваimpf(otstápuva),се о́ткажеpf(se ótkaže),се отка́жуваimpf(se otkážuva)
• Maori:tuku
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:cedować(pl)impf,scedowaćpf
• Portuguese:ceder(pt)
• Romanian:ceda(ro)
• Russian:уступа́ть(ru)impf(ustupátʹ),уступи́ть(ru)pf(ustupítʹ),отка́зываться(ru)impf(otkázyvatʹsja),отказа́ться(ru)pf(otkazátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:оду̀статиpf,у̀стукнутиpf

  Roman:odùstati(sh)pf,ùstuknuti(sh)pf

• Slovak:postúpiťpf
• Spanish:ceder(es)
• Turkish:please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian:уступа́тиimpf(ustupáty),уступи́тиpf(ustupýty)

Anagrams

• dece

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cede

1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofcedere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈkeː.de/,[ˈkeːd̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃe.de/,[ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪e]

Verb

cēde

1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeofcēdō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation:ce‧de

Verb

cede

1. inflection ofceder:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cede(Cyrillic spellingцеде)

1. third-personpluralpresentofcediti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Spain)/ˈθede/[ˈθe.ð̞e]
• IPA^(key):(Latin America, Philippines)/ˈsede/[ˈse.ð̞e]
• Rhymes:-ede
• Syllabification:ce‧de
• Homophone:(Latin America)sede

Verb

cede

1. inflection ofceder:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative