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ceding

/ˈsiːdɪŋ/

ceding is the present participle and gerund of cede.

Meaning of cede

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.
    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.

Phrases with ceding

Words that rhyme with ceding

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Questions about ceding

What is ceding the present participle and gerund of?
Ceding is the present participle and gerund of cede.
How do you pronounce ceding?
Ceding is pronounced /ˈsiːdɪŋ/.

Words near ceding in the dictionary

  1. cedillated-e
  2. cedille
  3. cedilles
  4. Cedillo
  5. Cedillos
  6. ceding
  7. ceding the field
  8. cediranib
  9. cedis
  10. cedmata
  11. CEDNIK

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ceding (page history and authors); cede (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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