concede
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[edit] English
[edit] 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”).
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concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)
- 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.
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
- To yield or make concession.
- (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.
- 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
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(in sports): let in
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[edit] Translations
to yield or suffer; to surrender
to admit to be true
to yield or make concession
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(cricket) to have runs scored off of one's bowling
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[edit] Galician
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concede
[edit] Italian
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concede
- third-person singular present indicative of concedere
[edit] Latin
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concēde
- second-person singular present active imperative of concēdō
[edit] Spanish
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concede (infinitive conceder)
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