concede
/kənˈsid/ verb B2- 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.
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- To yield or make concession.
- To have a goal or point scored against · I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
- (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
He/she/it concedes · Past conceded · Past participle conceded · -ing form conceding
Verb forms
- Base form
- concede
- He/she/it
- concedes
- Past
- conceded
- Past participle
- conceded
- -ing form
- conceding
From the library
“Of course it would be romantic,” conceded Jane Andrews, “but I know I couldn’t keep still.
I always suppose anything people please, and, besides, you must concede something to diseased minds.
It would be conceding too much to allow you to put on a mask to aid you in the discovery of our secret, and then to remove it that you may ruin those who have confided in you.
“Oh, I obtained, or rather claimed that; we had conceded enough for them to yield us that.”
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