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concede - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'concede' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Concede [ v. i.]
- To yield or make concession.
2 . Concede [ v. t.]
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

Meaning of 'concede' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . concede [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be willing to concede
Example in sentence:
  • I grant you this much
Meaning (2):
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
Example in sentence:
  • She confessed that she had taken the money
Meaning (3):
- acknowledge defeat
Example in sentence:
  • The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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