verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/kənˈsiːd/
General-American:/kənˈsid/
Received-Pronunciation:[kənˈsɪid]
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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
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