concede

See also concède, and concédé

English

Etymology

Old French conceder, from Latin concedō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cedō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

   Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

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. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
   • 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:

     The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.

6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Synonyms

(in sports): let in

Related terms

• concession

Translations

to yield or suffer; to surrender

• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam)
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
• French: concéder (fr), céder (fr), admettre (fr)
• German: zugeben (de), zugestehen (de)
• Hebrew: קיבל (he) (kibél), ויתר (he) (vitér)
• Japanese: 敗北を認める (ja) (haiboku o mitomeru), 譲歩する (ja) (jōhosuru)

• Korean: 양보하다 (ko)
• Latin: concedō (la)
• Quechua: uynikuy (qu)
• Spanish: conceder (es), ceder (es)
• Swedish: erkänna (sv) sig besegrad, ge upp (sv)
• Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)

to grant, as a right or privilege

• Finnish: myöntää (fi)
• French: concéder (fr)

• Swedish: bevilja (sv)

to admit to be true

• Bulgarian: признавам (bg) (priznavam)
• Czech: připustit (cs)
• Dutch: toegeven (nl)
• Finnish: myöntää (fi)
• French: concéder (fr) que, reconnaître (fr), admettre (fr)
• German: einräumen (de), zugestehen (de)

• Japanese: 認める (ja) (mitomeru)
• Quechua: uynikuy (qu)
• Russian: признать (ru) (priznatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: aidich (gd)
• Swedish: erkänna (sv), medge (sv), tillstå (sv)
• Turkish: itiraf etmek (tr)

to yield or make concession

• French: céder (fr)
• Swedish: avstå (sv), (of land, property) avträda (sv)

• Turkish: ödün vermek (tr), taviz vermek (tr)

(sports) to have a point scored against

• Finnish: päästää (fi)
• French: concéder (fr)

• Swedish: släppa in (sv) (ett mål)

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

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• Norwegian: innrømme (no)

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Galician

Verb

concede

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

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Italian

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of concedere

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Latin

Verb

concēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of concēdō

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Spanish

Verb

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.

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Portuguese

Verb

concede

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