concede
Verb
Verb Forms: conceded, conceding, concedes
- To admit that something is true or valid.
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
- be willing to concede
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- acknowledge defeat
- "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- To yield or make concession.
- To have a goal or point scored against
- (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
Examples
- After an undeniable bingo, the opponent had to concede the Scrabble game.
- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
- I have to concede the argument.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
cede, confess, grant, profess, yield, accede, capitulate, come around, give, give up, give way, let in
Scrabble Score: 12
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