concede

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Galician 2.1 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Verb 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Latin concedere "give way, yield," from com- + cedere "to go, grant, give way", from Proto-Indo-European base *ked- "to go, yield".

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈsiːd/, SAMPA: /k@n"si:d/
• Rhymes: -iːd

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to concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

   He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
4. To yield or make concession.
5. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

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• concession

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concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of conceder.
2. second-person singular imperative of conceder.

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concede

1. Third-person singular present tense of concedere.

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concede (infinitive: conceder)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of conceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of conceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of conceder.