ACCEDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accede mean?
• ACCEDE (verb)
The verb ACCEDE has 3 senses:
1. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
2. take on duties or office
3. to agree or express agreement
Familiarity information: ACCEDE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ACCEDE (verb)
Meaning:
Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
accede; give in; defer; bow; submit
Context example:
The government bowed to the military pressure
Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):
buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Take on duties or office
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
accede; enter
Context example:
accede to the throne
Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):
take office (assume an office, duty, or title)
come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accede"):
ascend (become king or queen)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
To agree or express agreement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
acquiesce; assent; accede
Context example:
The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):
agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accede"):
connive (encourage or assent to illegally or criminally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
