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Added 5 October 2026

concede

/kənˈsiːd/ verb

In Latin: concedō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about concede at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
I have to concede the argument.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

Origin

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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