cede

See also: cedé, cède, cedê, and cédé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“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; yield to another.

   Edward decided to cede the province.

2. (intransitive) To give way.

Conjugation

conjugation of cede

infinitive				cede
present participle				ceding
past participle				ceded
	simple			progressive			perfect			perfect progressive
present	I cede	we cede		I am ceding	we are ceding		I have ceded	we have ceded		I have been ceding	we have been ceding
	you cede	you cede		you are ceding	you are ceding		you have ceded	you have ceded		you have been ceding	you have been ceding
	he cedes	they cede		he is ceding	they are ceding		he has ceded	they have ceded		he has been ceding	they have been ceding
past	I ceded	we ceded		I was ceding	we were ceding		I had ceded	we had ceded		I had been ceding	we had been ceding
	you ceded	you ceded		you were ceding	you were ceding		you had ceded	you had ceded		you had been ceding	you had been ceding
	he ceded	they ceded		he was ceding	they were ceding		he had ceded	they had ceded		he had been ceding	they had been ceding
future	I will cede	we will cede		I will be ceding	we will be ceding		I will have ceded	we will have ceded		I will have been ceding	we will have been ceding
	you will cede	you will cede		you will be ceding	you will be ceding		you will have ceded	you will have ceded		you will have been ceding	you will have been ceding
	he will cede	they will cede		he will be ceding	they will be ceding		he will have ceded	they will have ceded		he will have been ceding	they will have been ceding
conditional	I would cede	we would cede		I would be ceding	we would be ceding		I would have ceded	we would have ceded		I would have been ceding	we would have been ceding
	you would cede	you would cede		you would be ceding	you would be ceding		you would have ceded	you would have ceded		you would have been ceding	you would have been ceding
	he would cede	they would cede		he would be ceding	they would be ceding		he would have ceded	they would have ceded		he would have been ceding	they would have been ceding
imperative	cede

Derived terms

• cede the field

Related terms

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

 

Translations

give up

• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam), отказвам се (otkazvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放弃 (zh) (fàngqì)

• Dutch: aftreden (nl), uit de weg gaan, opgeven (nl)
• Esperanto: cedi
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
• French: céder (fr)
• German: abtreten (de), zedieren (de)

• Ido: cedar (io)
• Maori: tuku
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оду̀стати pf, у̀стукнути pf

  Roman: odùstati (sh) pf, ùstuknuti (sh) pf

• Spanish: ceder (es)

Anagrams

• dece

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde

Verb

cede

1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.de/, [ˈkeːd̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.de/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪ɛ]

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 and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ceder
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ceder

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cede (Cyrillic spelling цеде)

1. third-person plural present of cediti

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθede/, [ˈθe.ð̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsede/, [ˈse.ð̞e]
• 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.