cede
verb /siːd/
/siːd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cede | /siːd/ /siːd/ |
| he / she / it cedes | /siːdz/ /siːdz/ |
| past simple ceded | /ˈsiːdɪd/ /ˈsiːdɪd/ |
| past participle ceded | /ˈsiːdɪd/ /ˈsiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form ceding | /ˈsiːdɪŋ/ /ˈsiːdɪŋ/ |
- cede something (to somebody) to give somebody control of something or give them power, a right, etc., especially unwillingly
- Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCede is used with these nouns as the object:- authority
- control
- sovereignty
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French céder or Latin cedere ‘to yield’.