Concede

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
  • v. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To make a concession: yield: The losing candidate conceded at midnight after the polls had closed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
  • v. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  • v. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
  • v. To yield or make concession.
  • v. To have a goal or point scored against
  • v. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant.
  • v. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  • v. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
  • verb-intransitive. To yield or make concession.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a concession of; grant as a right or a privilege; yield up; allow: as, the government conceded the franchise to a foreign syndicate.
  • To admit as true, just, or proper; admit; grant; acquiesce in, either by direct assent or by silent acceptance. See concession.
  • To make concession; grant a petition, or accept a disputed or disputable point; yield; admit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. acknowledge defeat
  • v. admit (to a wrongdoing)
  • v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • v. be willing to concede
  • Verb Form
    conceded    concedes    conceding   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give up    surrender    give   
    Cross Reference
    acknowledge    grant    relinquish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allow    grant    yield    surrender    admit    acknowledge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead