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): (file)
Rhymes:-iːd

Verb

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

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.
Togrant,as arightorprivilege;to make concession of.
Toadmitoragreeto betrue;toacknowledge;to grant.
- 1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent,1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith,published1962,→OCLC,page161:
  Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused toconcedehis astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.
- 2015,Patricia A. Duff, Liam Doherty, “Examining Agency in (Second) Language Socialization Research”, in Ping Deters, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Gergana Vitanova, editors,Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches(Second Language Acquisition;84), Bristol: Multilingual Matters,→ISBN,part 1 (Theoretical Approaches to Agency),page68:
  On the other hand, sheconcedesthat she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.
- 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".
Toyieldor makeconcession.
(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.
(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

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

inflection ofconceder:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

concede

third-person singular present indicativeofconcedere

Latin

Verb

concēde

second-person singular present active imperativeofconcēdō

Portuguese

Verb

concede

inflection ofconceder:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchconcéder.

Verb

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

toconcede

Conjugation

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

number		singular			plural
infinitive			aconcede
gerund			concezând
past participle			conces
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
subjunctive	present	săconced	săconcezi	săconceadă	săconcedem	săconcedeți	săconceadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		concede			concedeți
	negative		nuconcede			nuconcedeți

Spanish

Verb

concede

inflection ofconceder:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative