Concede

Quick meaning: Concede is a verb meaning To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant.

Meaning

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant.

More Meanings

1. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
2. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
3. To yield or make concession.
4. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
5. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Example Sentences

I have to concede the argument.

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.

Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

Word Forms

• concedes
• conceding
• conceded

Synonyms for concede

Depending on context, synonyms include capitulate, give up, accede, come around, give, grant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include yield, cede, grant, confess, profess, surrender.

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