CONCEDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does concede mean?
• CONCEDE (verb)
The verb CONCEDE has 4 senses:
1. admit, make a clean breast of
2. be willing to concede
3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
4. acknowledge defeat
Familiarity information: CONCEDE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONCEDE (verb)
Meaning:
Admit, make a clean breast of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
concede; confess; profess
Context example:
She confessed that she had taken the money
Hypernyms (to "concede" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concede"):
fess up; own up (admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Be willing to concede
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
concede; grant; yield
Context example:
I grant you this much
Hypernyms (to "concede" is one way to...):
agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concede"):
forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
cede; concede; yield; grant
Hypernyms (to "concede" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Acknowledge defeat
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose
Hypernyms (to "concede" is one way to...):
give up; surrender (give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
