Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cede the field

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: cede the -field
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.

verb

To withdraw from any confrontational or potentially confrontational situation; to avoid participating in a competition or contest.

Example Sentences

"In some smokestack industries—steel, machine tools and especially cars—the choice was to raise productivity and quality a lot or cede the field to the competition, as American companies did in consumer electronics."
"State Senator McClintock appeared on CNN's Inside Politics on Tuesday and told me he had no intention of following Ueberroth's lead and ceding the field to Schwarzenegger: "I'm in this race right to the finish line.""
"And what will happen to Windows Phone? […] One can't imagine that Ballmer will call it a day and cede the field to Google and Apple."

Inflected Forms

cedes the field (present, singular) ceding the field (participle, present) ceded the field (participle, past) ceded the field (past) yield the field (alternative)

Phrases

chicken out turn tail

Frequently Paired Words

chicken out turn tail

Synonyms

give ground

Questions

What does cede the field mean?: To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.

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