Word.ws English Dictionary

accede

/əkˈsiːd/

accede verb: to agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.

Verb

accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)

  1. (intransitive) To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
    • to accede to a request
    • It was added that if he acceded to these proposals, his fortresses and sea-ports should be garrisoned by French and Spanish troops to protect him from England’s vengeance, but that if he refused—and the answer was to be given within four days—he must take the consequences of such a line of policy.c. 1876, E. H. Nolan, The History of England, volume III
    Antonyms:
    refuse
  2. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to].
    • the house of Hanover acceded to the English throne
    • Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 32
  3. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to].
    • to accede to the European Union
  4. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
  5. (archaic, intransitive) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
    Antonyms:
    leave, secede, split off

accede meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

accede in Hindi

किसी अनुरोध, उच्चतर पद प्राप्त करना, विशेषकर राजा, रानी का पद, मान लेना, स्वीकार करना

accede in Tamil

சம்மதி, இணங்கு, ஏற்றுக்கொள்

accede in Urdu

منظور کرنا, قبول کرنا, تسلیم کرنا

accede in Bengali

রাজী হওয়া, গদি লাভ করা
More languagesFewer languages
accede in Malayalam
സമ്മതിക്കുക, അംഗീകരിക്കുക, യോജിക്കുക, സിംഹാസനാരോഹണം ചെയ്യുക
accede in Kannada
ಒಪ್ಪು, ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸು, ಸಮ್ಮತಿಸು, ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆನೀಡು
accede in Vietnamese
nhậm chức

Examples of accede in a sentence

  • To this I acceded and prepared four short articles, which were elaborately illustrated from photographs in my possession.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, “Preface”, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the...
  • Some of the countries of Eastern Europe had already acceded to all the privatization and austerity measures drawn up by imperialist bankers.2007 November 18, Leslie Feinberg, “'Big lie' and breakup of Yugoslavia”, in Workers World:

Synonyms of accede

5 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of accede

Forms of accede

third-person singular presentaccedes
present participleacceding
past participleacceded
pastacceded

Past tense of accede: acceded

Origin of accede

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.

Words formed from accede

Words that rhyme with accede

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about accede

What does accede mean?
Accede means to agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
What is accede in Hindi?
Accede in Hindi is किसी अनुरोध, उच्चतर पद प्राप्त करना, विशेषकर राजा. See Accede meaning in Hindi.
How do you use accede in a sentence?
To this I acceded and prepared four short articles, which were elaborately illustrated from photographs in my possession.
What part of speech is accede?
Accede is a verb.
How do you pronounce accede?
Accede is pronounced /əkˈsiːd/.
What is the past tense of accede?
The past tense of accede is acceded.

Words near accede in the dictionary

  1. Accaophori
  2. Accardi
  3. Accardis
  4. accas
  5. accd'g to
  6. accede
  7. acceded
  8. accedence
  9. accedences
  10. acceder
  11. acceders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: accede (page history and authors); accede (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accede (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accede (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-accede.ogg.

Cite this entry: “accede.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/accede. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.