cede
/siːd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Edward decided to cede the province."
- "In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese."
- "After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle."
Etymology
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”).