| 单词 | concede |
| 释义 | concede (once / 221 pages) v If you concede something, you admit that it is true, proper, or certain––usually in an unwilling way and often in the context of a competition, as in "At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat." In its most common senses, a near synonym of concede is acknowledge––if your mom is pointing out that you need sleep before the test, you should concede the truth of what she's saying. But another meaning of concede is to give away or grant something: The leaders are not ready to concede power. Concede is from Latin concēdere, from the prefix com- "completely" plus cēdere, "to go along, grant, yield." The corresponding noun is concession. WORD FAMILYconcede: conceded, concedes, conceding, concession, concessive+/concession: concessions/concessive: concessively USAGE EXAMPLESMane’s joy was short-lived when he conceded the game’s second penalty by blocking Sebastian Larsson’s free kick with his arm. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Fernyhough does not spend much time on these criticisms, though in a footnote he does concede the scant evidentiary basis of the movement’s claims. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He lost the presidential election to Adama Barrow and publicly conceded defeat. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1v give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Syn|Hyper cede, grant, yield give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 2v acknowledge defeat The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose Hyper give up, surrender give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another 3v be willing to concede Syn|Hypo|Hyper grant, yield forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness condone, excuseexcuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with absolve, free, justifyexcuse or free from blame absolve, shrivegrant remission of a sin to remitforgive pardongrant a pardon to excuse, pardonaccept an excuse for agree, concord, concur, hold be in accord; be in agreement 4v admit (to a wrongdoing) Syn|Hypo|Hyper confess, profess fess up, make a clean breast of, own up admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error acknowledge, admit declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
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