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concede - Dictionary definition and meaning for concede

CONCEDE

(verb) be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
synonyms : grant , yield
(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
synonyms : confess , profess
(verb) acknowledge defeat
"The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
synonyms : cede , grant , yield
The girl ceded to the constant bickering by the parents and agreed for the marriage. -added by Aswathy_inlas

Mnemonics for concede

(Tag: Eng) Concede = Cede.
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(Tag: ) sounds like "convince". If you convince someone about something, he admits it.
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(Tag: (in hindi) keh de..admit)
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(Tag: ) con+cede---surrender(cede) surrender and accept sth to be true reluctantly
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(Tag: ) pathan CONCEDED many runs in the match!
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Origin

Via French < Latin concedere "yield completely" < cedere "yield"] added by bimal03

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