Standard Lemma guide

concede

verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːd/
  • General-American: /kənˈsid/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [kənˈsɪid]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːd
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S IY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I have to concede the argument.
  • He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
  • Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give, grant

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To yield or make concession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To have a goal or point scored against

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

(of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

be willing to concede

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I grant you this much

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yield, grant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agree, hold, concur, concord

Narrower terms: forgive

8

verb

Meaning 8

admit (to a wrongdoing)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She confessed that she had taken the money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: profess, confess

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: admit, acknowledge

Narrower terms: make a clean breast of, own up, fess up

9

verb

Meaning 9

acknowledge defeat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surrender, give up

10

verb

Meaning 10

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yield, cede, grant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: give

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: զիջել (ziǰel) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (otstǎ́pvam) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Bulgarian: отстъ́пя (otstǎ́pja) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投降 (tóuxiáng) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Czech: vzdát — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Danish: indrømme — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Dutch: toegeven — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Dutch: toestemmen — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Esperanto: koncedi — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Finnish: antaa periksi — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • French: concéder — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • French: céder — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • French: admettre — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • German: zugeben — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • German: zugestehen — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Ancient Greek: συγχωρέω (sunkhōréō) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Hebrew: קיבל \ קִבֵּל (kibél) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Hebrew: ויתר \ וִתֵּר (vitér) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Japanese: 敗北を認める (haiboku o mitomeru) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Japanese: 譲歩する (jōhosuru) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Khmer: ញ៉ម (ñɑɑm) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Korean: 양보하다 (yangbohada) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Latin: concedō — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Māori: ngawhere — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gi opp — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innrømme — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Polish: ustępować — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Polish: ustąpić — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Polish: poddawać — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Polish: poddać — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Portuguese: ceder — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Quechua: uynikuy — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Russian: сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Russian: сда́ться (sdátʹsja) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Russian: уступа́ть (ustupátʹ) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Russian: уступи́ть (ustupítʹ) — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Spanish: conceder — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Swedish: erkänna sig besegrad — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Swedish: ge upp — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Turkish: teslim etmek — to yield or suffer; to surrender
  • Bulgarian: призна́вам (priznávam) — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Bulgarian: призна́я (priznája) — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Czech: udělit — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Czech: poskytnout — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Danish: bevilge — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Finnish: myöntää — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • French: concéder — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innrømme — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bevilge — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Norwegian Bokmål: godtgjøre — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Polish: przyznawać — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Polish: przyznać — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Portuguese: conceder — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Portuguese: outorgar — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Portuguese: conferir — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Russian: признава́ть (priznavátʹ) — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Russian: призна́ть (priznátʹ) — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Spanish: conceder — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Spanish: exaudir — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Swedish: bevilja — to grant, as a right or privilege
  • Armenian: ընդունել (əndunel) — to admit to be true
  • Bulgarian: призна́вам (priznávam) — to admit to be true
  • Bulgarian: призна́я (priznája) — to admit to be true
  • Chinese Mandarin: 承认 (chéngrèn) — to admit to be true
  • Czech: připouštět — to admit to be true
  • Czech: připustit — to admit to be true
  • Czech: přiznat — to admit to be true
  • Czech: uznat — to admit to be true
  • Danish: medgive — to admit to be true
  • Dutch: toegeven — to admit to be true
  • Finnish: myöntää — to admit to be true
  • Finnish: tunnustaa — to admit to be true
  • French: concéder que — to admit to be true
  • French: reconnaître — to admit to be true
  • French: admettre — to admit to be true
  • German: einräumen — to admit to be true
  • German: zugestehen — to admit to be true
  • Greek: παραδέχομαι (paradéchomai) — to admit to be true
  • Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to admit to be true
  • Khmer: ព្រមទទួល (prômôttuŏl) — to admit to be true
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innrømme — to admit to be true
  • Norwegian Bokmål: medgi — to admit to be true
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erkjenne — to admit to be true
  • Polish: przyznawać — to admit to be true
  • Polish: przyznać — to admit to be true
  • Portuguese: conceder — to admit to be true
  • Portuguese: reconhecer — to admit to be true
  • Quechua: uynikuy — to admit to be true
  • Russian: признава́ть (priznavátʹ) — to admit to be true
  • Russian: призна́ть (priznátʹ) — to admit to be true
  • Scottish Gaelic: aidich — to admit to be true
  • Spanish: conceder — to admit to be true
  • Spanish: dar la razón a — to admit to be true
  • Swedish: erkänna — to admit to be true
  • Swedish: medge — to admit to be true
  • Swedish: tillstå — to admit to be true
  • Turkish: itiraf etmek — to admit to be true
  • Vietnamese: thừa nhận — to admit to be true
  • Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (otstǎ́pvam) — to yield or make concession
  • Bulgarian: отстъ́пя (otstǎ́pja) — to yield or make concession
  • Finnish: antaa periksi — to yield or make concession
  • French: céder — to yield or make concession
  • Polish: ustępować — to yield or make concession
  • Polish: ustąpić — to yield or make concession
  • Portuguese: conceder — to yield or make concession
  • Russian: уступа́ть (ustupátʹ) — to yield or make concession
  • Russian: уступи́ть (ustupítʹ) — to yield or make concession
  • Swedish: avstå — to yield or make concession
  • Swedish: avträda — to yield or make concession
  • Turkish: ödün vermek — to yield or make concession
  • Turkish: taviz vermek — to yield or make concession
  • Bulgarian: допу́скам (dopúskam) — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Bulgarian: допу́сна (dopúsna) — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Czech: dostat (gól) — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Czech: inkasovat — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Finnish: päästää — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • French: concéder — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • German: zulassen — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slippe inn — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Russian: пропуска́ть (propuskátʹ) — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Russian: пропусти́ть (propustítʹ) — (sports) to have a point scored against
  • Swedish: släppa in (ett mål) — (sports) to have a point scored against