concede

See also: concédé, concedé, and concède

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsid/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːd/, [kənˈsɪid]

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• 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

   I have to concede the argument.

   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 or agree to be true; to acknowledge.
   • 2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10:

     Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground".

4. To yield or make concession.
5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against

   I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

   • 2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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

• (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also Thesaurus:surrender
• (in sports): let in
• (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede

Related terms

• concession

Collocations

• concede defeat

Translations

to yield or suffer; to surrender

• Armenian: զիջել (hy) (ziǰel)
• Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) impf (otstǎ́pvam), отстъ́пя pf (otstǎ́pja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投降 (zh) (tóuxiáng)

• Dutch: toegeven (nl), toestemmen (nl)
• Esperanto: koncedi
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi), antaa periksi (fi)
• French: concéder (fr), céder (fr), admettre (fr)
• German: zugeben (de), zugestehen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συγχωρέω (sunkhōréō)

• Hebrew: קיבל \ קִבֵּל (he) (kibél), ויתר \ וִתֵּר (he) (vitér)
• Japanese: 敗北を認める (はいぼくをみとめる, haiboku o mitomeru), 譲歩する (ja) (じょうほする, jōhosuru)
• Khmer: ញ៉ម (km) (ñɑɑm)
• Korean: 양보하다 (ko) (yangbohada)
• Latin: concedō (la)
• Maori: ngawhere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gi opp (no), innrømme (no)

• Polish: ustępować (pl) impf, ustąpić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Quechua: uynikuy
• Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja), уступа́ть (ru) impf (ustupátʹ), уступи́ть (ru) pf (ustupítʹ)
• Spanish: conceder (es), ceder (es)
• Swedish: erkänna (sv) sig besegrad, ge upp (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)

to grant, as a right or privilege

• Bulgarian: призна́вам (bg) impf (priznávam), призна́я pf (priznája)
• Czech: udělit (cs) pf, poskytnout (cs) pf
• Finnish: myöntää (fi)
• French: concéder (fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innrømme (no), bevilge (no), godtgjøre

• Portuguese: conceder (pt), outorgar (pt), conferir (pt)
• Russian: признава́ть (ru) impf (priznavátʹ), призна́ть (ru) pf (priznátʹ)
• Spanish: conceder (es), conferir (es), otorgar (es)
• Swedish: bevilja (sv)

to admit to be true

• Armenian: ընդունել (hy) (əndunel)
• Bulgarian: призна́вам (bg) impf (priznávam), призна́я pf (priznája)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: připouštět (cs) impf, připustit (cs) pf, přiznat (cs) pf, uznat (cs) pf
• Danish: medgive
• Dutch: toegeven (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: myöntää (fi), tunnustaa (fi)
• French: concéder (fr) que, reconnaître (fr), admettre (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einräumen (de), zugestehen (de)
• Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru)
• Khmer: ព្រមទទួល (prômôttuŏl)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innrømme (no), medgi, erkjenne (no)

• Portuguese: conceder (pt), reconhecer (pt)
• Quechua: uynikuy
• Russian: признава́ть (ru) impf (priznavátʹ), призна́ть (ru) pf (priznátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: aidich
• Swedish: erkänna (sv), medge (sv), tillstå (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: itiraf etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: thừa nhận (vi)

to yield or make concession

• Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) impf (otstǎ́pvam), отстъ́пя pf (otstǎ́pja)
• Finnish: antaa periksi (fi)
• French: céder (fr)
• Portuguese: conceder (pt)
• Russian: уступа́ть (ru) impf (ustupátʹ), уступи́ть (ru) pf (ustupítʹ)
• Swedish: avstå (sv), (of land, property) avträda (sv)
• Turkish: ödün vermek (tr), taviz vermek (tr)

(sports) to have a point scored against

• Bulgarian: допу́скам (bg) impf (dopúskam), допу́сна pf (dopúsna)
• Czech: dostat (cs) pf (gól), inkasovat (cs) pf
• Finnish: päästää (fi)
• French: concéder (fr)
• German: zulassen (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slippe inn

• Russian: пропуска́ть (ru) impf (propuskátʹ), пропусти́ть (ru) pf (propustítʹ)
• Swedish: släppa in (sv) (ett mål)

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

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} innrømme (no)

Galician

Verb

concede

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: con‧cè‧de

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of concedere

Latin

Verb

concēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of concēdō

Portuguese

Verb

concede

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French concéder.

Verb

a concede (third-person singular present conced, past participle conces) 3rd conj.

1. to concede

Conjugation

    conjugation of concede (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a concede
gerund			concezând
past participle			conces
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	conced	concezi	concede	concedem	concedeți	conced
	imperfect	concedeam	concedeai	concedea	concedeam	concedeați	concedeau
	simple perfect	concesei	conceseși	concese	conceserăm	conceserăți	conceseră
	pluperfect	concesesem	conceseseși	concesese	conceseserăm	conceseserăți	conceseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să conced	să concezi	să conceadă	să concedem	să concedeți	să conceadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		concede			concedeți
	negative		nu concede			nu concedeți

Spanish

Verb

concede

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