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conceded

/kənˈsiːdɪd/

conceded is the simple past and past participle of concede.

Meaning of concede

Verb

concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

  1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
    • I have to concede the argument.
    Synonyms:
    capitulate
  2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
    • Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 161
    Synonyms:
    give, grant
  4. To yield or make concession.
    Synonyms:
    accede
  5. To have a goal or point scored against
    • I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
    Synonyms:
    let in
  6. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Words formed from conceded

Questions about conceded

What is conceded the simple past and past participle of?
Conceded is the simple past and past participle of concede.
How do you pronounce conceded?
Conceded is pronounced /kənˈsiːdɪd/.

Words near conceded in the dictionary

  1. conceaves
  2. conceaving
  3. concedable
  4. concedably
  5. concede
  6. conceded
  7. concededly
  8. concedence
  9. conceder
  10. conceders
  11. concedes

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