Meanings
present singular third person cedes · participle present ceding · participle past ceded · past ceded
- transitiveTo give up; yield to another.
Edward decided to cede the province.
1 more example
In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese.
2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227- ditransitivetransitiveSame as above.
After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
Synonyms: above
- intransitiveTo give way.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSame as above.
More synonyms by meaning
verbgive over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱyesdʰ-“to drive away; to go away”
- Latincēdō“to yield”
- Old Frenchceder
- Middle Frenchceder
- Englishcede
Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отстъ́пвам, отстъ́пя
- отстъ́пвам (otstắpvam)give up
- отстъ́пя (otstắpja)give up
- отка́звам се (otkázvam se)give up
- отка́жа се (otkáža se)give up
Chinese Mandarin 放弃
- 放弃 (fàngqì)give up
Czech postupovat, postoupit
- postupovatgive up
- postoupitgive up
Dutch aftreden, uit de weg gaan
- aftredengive up
- uit de weg gaangive up
- opgevengive up
Esperanto cedi
- cedigive up
Finnish luovuttaa
- luovuttaagive up
French céder
- cédergive up
German abtreten, zedieren
- abtretengive up
- zedierengive up
- überlassengive up
- nachgebento yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load
Italian cedere
- cederegive up
Japanese 譲渡する
- 譲渡する (jōto suru)give up
Korean 양도하다
- 양도하다 (yangdohada)give up
Māori tuku, tautuku
- tukugive up
- tautukuto yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load
Norwegian Bokmål avstå
- avstågive up
Polish cedować, scedować
- cedowaćgive up
- scedowaćgive up
Portuguese ceder
- cedergive up
Romanian ceda
- cedagive up
Russian уступа́ть, уступи́ть
- уступа́ть (ustupátʹ)give up
- уступи́ть (ustupítʹ)give up
- отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja)give up
- отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja)give up
Slovak postúpiť
- postúpiťgive up
Spanish ceder, ceder
- cedergive up
- cederto yield to pressure, to collapse or fail under a load
Ukrainian уступа́ти, уступи́ти
- уступа́ти (ustupáty)give up
- уступи́ти (ustupýty)give up
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Cite this entry
cede. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cede
“cede.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cede. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cede,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cede.
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