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单词 cede
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cedeverb [ T ]

uk/siːd/us/siːd/formal

to allow someone else to have or own something, especially unwillingly or because you are forced to do so:

Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the Opium War.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Stop having or doing something

  • abdicate
  • bail out
  • bandh
  • break with sth
  • butt out
  • chuck sth in
  • drop
  • fly
  • ghost
  • give (sth) up
  • give sb up
  • give sth up as a bad job idiom
  • give up on sb/sth
  • give up sth
  • grow
  • subjugate
  • take a back seat idiom
  • throw (sth) up
  • throw in the towel idiom 1
  • towel

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cedeverb [ T ]

us/sid/fml

to give control or possession of something, esp. land to someone else, often unwillingly or because forced to do so:

New Orleans was ceded to Spain in 1763.

cedeverb [ T ]

uk/siːd/usformal

to give something such as control, power, or a right to someone else, especially unwillingly:

She says that she is finally learning to delegate, though she's still reluctant to cede control.
cede sth to sb The United States has already ceded its dominance of mass production manufacturing to low-wage countries.
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