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cede

/siːd/

cede verb: to give up; yield to another.

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

  1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.
    • Edward decided to cede the province.
    • In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese.2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227
    1. (ditransitive, transitive) Same as above.
      • After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
  2. (intransitive) To give way.

cede meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

cede in Tamil

உடன்படிக்கையின் அடிப்படையில் உருவாக்கு

cede in Bengali

ছেড়ে দেওয়া

cede in Malayalam

വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കുക, കീഴടങ്ങുക, പരിത്യജിക്കുക, ഏല്പിച്ചു കൊടുക്കുക

cede in Kannada

ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು

Synonyms of cede

Forms of cede

third-person singular presentcedes
present participleceding
past participleceded
pastceded

Past tense of cede: ceded

Origin of cede

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

Words formed from cede

Words that rhyme with cede

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Questions about cede

What does cede mean?
Cede means to give up; yield to another.
What is cede in Tamil?
Cede in Tamil is உடன்படிக்கையின் அடிப்படையில் உருவாக்கு. See Cede meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cede?
Cede is a verb.
How do you pronounce cede?
Cede is pronounced /siːd/.
What is the past tense of cede?
The past tense of cede is ceded.

Words near cede in the dictionary

  1. cedarwoods
  2. cedary
  3. CEDAW
  4. cedazuridine
  5. CEDC
  6. cede
  7. cede the field
  8. ceded
  9. Ceded Districts
  10. ceded the field
  11. Cedeira

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cede (page history and authors); cede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Cede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cede (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.

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