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concede.

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈsiːd/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈsid/General-American[kənˈsɪid]Received-Pronunciation
  1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

    I have to concede the argument.
    He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
  2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

  3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

  4. To yield or make concession.

  5. To have a goal or point scored against

    I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
  6. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

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