concede

See also:concédé,concedé,andconcède

English

Etymology

FromMiddle English[Term?],fromOld Frenchconceder,fromLatinconcēdō(“give way, yield”),fromcon-(“wholly”)+cēdō(“to yield, give way, to go, grant”),fromProto-Indo-European*ked-(“to go, yield”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-iːd

Verb

concede(third-person singular simple presentconcedes,present participleconceding,simple past and past participleconceded)

1. Toyieldorsuffer;tosurrender;to grant

   I have toconcedethe argument.

   Heconcededthe race once it was clear he could not win.

   Kendallconcededdefeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

2. Togrant,as arightorprivilege;to make concession of.
3. Toadmitoragreeto betrue;toacknowledge;to grant.
   • 2022January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, inRAIL,number948,page10:

     Transport Minister Baroness Vere hasconcededthat the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billionIntegrated Rail Plan"will actually work on the ground".

4. Toyieldor makeconcession.
5. (sports)To have a goal or point scored against

   I don't know how theyconcededthat goal; their defense was so solid.

   • 2011October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there withoutconcedinga goal.

6. (cricket)(of abowler) to haverunsscored off of one's bowling.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• concededly
• concedence
• reconcede
• unconcede
• unconceded
• unconceding

Related terms

• concession

Collocations

• concede defeat

Translations

to yield or suffer; to surrender

• Armenian:զիջել(hy)(ziǰel)
• Bulgarian:отстъ́пвам(bg)impf(otstǎ́pvam),отстъ́пяpf(otstǎ́pja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đầu hàng(zh)(tóuxiáng)

• Czech:vzdát(cs)pf
• 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:Bại trậnをNhận める(はいぼくをみとめる, haiboku o mitomeru),Nhượng bộ 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)

to grant, as a right or privilege

• Bulgarian:призна́вам(bg)impf(priznávam),призна́яpf(priznája)
• Czech:udělit(cs)pf,poskytnout(cs)pf
• Finnish:myöntää(fi)
• French:concéder(fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:innrømme(no),bevilge(no),godtgjøre

• Portuguese:conceder(pt),outorgar(pt),conferir(pt)
• Russian:признава́ть(ru)impf(priznavátʹ),призна́ть(ru)pf(priznátʹ)
• Spanish:conceder(es),conferir(es),otorgar(es)
• Swedish:bevilja(sv)

to admit to be true

• Armenian:ընդունել(hy)(əndunel)
• Bulgarian:призна́вам(bg)impf(priznávam),призна́яpf(priznája)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thừa nhận(zh)(chéngrèn)

• 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:Nhận 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)

to yield or make concession

• Bulgarian:отстъ́пвам(bg)impf(otstǎ́pvam),отстъ́пяpf(otstǎ́pja)
• Finnish:antaa periksi(fi)
• French:céder(fr)
• Portuguese:conceder(pt)
• Russian:уступа́ть(ru)impf(ustupátʹ),уступи́ть(ru)pf(ustupítʹ)
• Swedish:avstå(sv),(of land, property)avträda(sv)
• Turkish:ödün vermek(tr),taviz vermek(tr)

(sports) to have a point scored against

• Bulgarian:допу́скам(bg)impf(dopúskam),допу́снаpf(dopúsna)
• Czech:dostat(cs)pf(gól),inkasovat(cs)pf
• Finnish:päästää(fi)
• French:concéder(fr)
• German:zulassen(de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:slippe inn

• Russian:пропуска́ть(ru)impf(propuskátʹ),пропусти́ть(ru)pf(propustítʹ)
• Swedish:släppa in(sv)(ett mål)

(cricket) to have runs scored off of one's bowling

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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:^{(pleaseverify)}innrømme(no)

Galician

Verb

concede

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

concede

1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofconcedere

Latin

Verb

concēde

1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeofconcēdō

Portuguese

Verb

concede

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

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchconcéder.

Verb

a concede(third-person singular presentconced,past participleconces)3rd conjugation

1. toconcede

Conjugation

conjugation ofconcede(third conjugation,past participle in -s)

infinitive			aconcede
gerund			concezând
past participle			conces
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	conced	concezi	concede	concedem	concedeți	conced
	imperfect	concedeam	concedeai	concedea	concedeam	concedeați	concedeau
	simple perfect	concesei	conceseși	concese	conceserăm	conceserăți	conceseră
	pluperfect	concesesem	conceseseși	concesese	conceseserăm	conceseserăți	conceseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	săconced	săconcezi	săconceadă	săconcedem	săconcedeți	săconceadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		concede			concedeți
	negative		nuconcede			nuconcedeți

Spanish

Verb

concede

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