cede

See also: cedé, cède, cedê, and cédé

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cedō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd
• Homophones: sede, seed

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

1. (transitive) To give up, give way, give away.

   Edward decided to cede the province.

Translations

give up

• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam), отказвам се (otkazvam se)
• Dutch: aftreden (nl), uit de weg gaan, opgeven (nl)
• French: céder (fr)
• German: abtreten (de), zedieren (de)

• Ido: cedar (io)
• Maori: tuku
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: odustati (sh), ustuknuti (sh)

Related terms

• accede
• antecedent
• concede
• excede
• exceed
• intercede
• precede
• proceed
• recede
• secede
• succeed
• supercede, supersede

Anagrams

• dece

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Italian

Verb

cede

1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

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Latin

Verb

cēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēdō

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ce‧de

Verb

cede

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of ceder
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of ceder

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθede/, [ˈθeðe]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsede/, [ˈseðe]
• Homophone: sede (Latin America)

Verb

cede

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