concede
/kənˈsid/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
verb
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
verb
To yield or make concession.
verb
(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."
- "Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits."
- "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."
- "On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language."
- "Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground"."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈsid/
- British English: /kənˈsiːd/