Meanings
present singular third person concedes · participle present conceding · participle past conceded · past conceded
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
I have to concede the argument.
2 more examples
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.
Synonyms: capitulate
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground".
2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 102 more examples
Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 161On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.
2015, Patricia A. Duff, Liam Doherty, “Examining Agency in (Second) Language Socialization Research”, in Ping Deters, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Gergana Vitanova, editors, Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Second Language Acquisition; 84), Bristol: Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Approaches to Agency), page 68 - To yield or make concession.
Synonyms: accede
- hobbiesTo have a goal or point scored against
I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
1 more example
The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.
2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC SportSynonyms: let in
- ball games(of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
verbTo yield or make concession.
verbTo have a goal or point scored against
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*ked-“to go, yield”
- Latinconcēdō“give way, yield”
- Old Frenchconceder
- Middle English[Term?]
- Englishconcede
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συγχωρέω
- συγχωρέω (sunkhōréō)to yield or suffer; to surrender
Bulgarian отстъ́пвам, отстъ́пя
- отстъ́пвам (otstắpvam)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- отстъ́пя (otstắpja)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- призна́вам (priznávam)to grant, as a right or privilege
- призна́я (priznája)to grant, as a right or privilege
- призна́вам (priznávam)to admit to be true
- призна́я (priznája)to admit to be true
- отстъ́пвам (otstắpvam)to yield or make concession
- отстъ́пя (otstắpja)to yield or make concession
- допу́скам (dopúskam)(sports) to have a point scored against
- допу́сна (dopúsna)(sports) to have a point scored against
Chinese Mandarin 投降, 承认
- 投降 (tóuxiáng)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- 承认 (chéngrèn)to admit to be true
Czech vzdát, udělit
- vzdátto yield or suffer; to surrender
- udělitto grant, as a right or privilege
- poskytnoutto grant, as a right or privilege
- připouštětto admit to be true
- připustitto admit to be true
- přiznatto admit to be true
- uznatto admit to be true
- dostat (gól)(sports) to have a point scored against
- inkasovat(sports) to have a point scored against
Danish indrømme, bevilge
- indrømmeto yield or suffer; to surrender
- bevilgeto grant, as a right or privilege
- medgiveto admit to be true
Dutch toegeven, toestemmen
- toegevento yield or suffer; to surrender
- toestemmento yield or suffer; to surrender
- toegevento admit to be true
Esperanto koncedi
- koncedito yield or suffer; to surrender
Finnish luovuttaa, antaa periksi
- luovuttaato yield or suffer; to surrender
- antaa periksito yield or suffer; to surrender
- myöntääto grant, as a right or privilege
- myöntääto admit to be true
- tunnustaato admit to be true
- antaa periksito yield or make concession
- päästää(sports) to have a point scored against
French concéder, céder
- concéderto yield or suffer; to surrender
- céderto yield or suffer; to surrender
- admettreto yield or suffer; to surrender
- concéderto grant, as a right or privilege
- concéder queto admit to be true
- reconnaîtreto admit to be true
- admettreto admit to be true
- céderto yield or make concession
- concéder(sports) to have a point scored against
German zugeben, zugestehen
- zugebento yield or suffer; to surrender
- zugestehento yield or suffer; to surrender
- einräumento admit to be true
- zugestehento admit to be true
- zulassen(sports) to have a point scored against
Greek παραδέχομαι
- παραδέχομαι (paradéchomai)to admit to be true
Hebrew קיבל \ קִבֵּל, ויתר \ וִתֵּר
- קיבל \ קִבֵּל (kibél)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- ויתר \ וִתֵּר (vitér)to yield or suffer; to surrender
Japanese 敗北を認める, 譲歩する
- 敗北を認める (haiboku o mitomeru)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- 譲歩する (jōhosuru)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- 認める (mitomeru)to admit to be true
Korean 양보하다
- 양보하다 (yangbohada)to yield or suffer; to surrender
Latin concedō
- concedōto yield or suffer; to surrender
Māori ngawhere
- ngawhereto yield or suffer; to surrender
Norwegian Bokmål gi opp, innrømme
- gi oppto yield or suffer; to surrender
- innrømmeto yield or suffer; to surrender
- innrømmeto grant, as a right or privilege
- bevilgeto grant, as a right or privilege
- godtgjøreto grant, as a right or privilege
- innrømmeto admit to be true
- medgito admit to be true
- erkjenneto admit to be true
- slippe inn(sports) to have a point scored against
Polish ustępować, ustąpić
- ustępowaćto yield or suffer; to surrender
- ustąpićto yield or suffer; to surrender
- poddawaćto yield or suffer; to surrender
- poddaćto yield or suffer; to surrender
- przyznawaćto grant, as a right or privilege
- przyznaćto grant, as a right or privilege
- przyznawaćto admit to be true
- przyznaćto admit to be true
- ustępowaćto yield or make concession
- ustąpićto yield or make concession
Portuguese ceder, conceder
- cederto yield or suffer; to surrender
- concederto grant, as a right or privilege
- outorgarto grant, as a right or privilege
- conferirto grant, as a right or privilege
- concederto admit to be true
- reconhecerto admit to be true
- concederto yield or make concession
Russian сдава́ться, сда́ться
- сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- сда́ться (sdátʹsja)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- уступа́ть (ustupátʹ)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- уступи́ть (ustupítʹ)to yield or suffer; to surrender
- признава́ть (priznavátʹ)to grant, as a right or privilege
- призна́ть (priznátʹ)to grant, as a right or privilege
- признава́ть (priznavátʹ)to admit to be true
- призна́ть (priznátʹ)to admit to be true
- уступа́ть (ustupátʹ)to yield or make concession
- уступи́ть (ustupítʹ)to yield or make concession
- пропуска́ть (propuskátʹ)(sports) to have a point scored against
- пропусти́ть (propustítʹ)(sports) to have a point scored against
Scottish Gaelic aidich
- aidichto admit to be true
Spanish conceder, conceder
- concederto yield or suffer; to surrender
- concederto grant, as a right or privilege
- exaudirto grant, as a right or privilege
- concederto admit to be true
- dar la razón ato admit to be true
Swedish erkänna sig besegrad, ge upp
- erkänna sig besegradto yield or suffer; to surrender
- ge uppto yield or suffer; to surrender
- beviljato grant, as a right or privilege
- erkännato admit to be true
- medgeto admit to be true
- tillståto admit to be true
- avståto yield or make concession
- avträdato yield or make concession
- släppa in (ett mål)(sports) to have a point scored against
Turkish teslim etmek, itiraf etmek
- teslim etmekto yield or suffer; to surrender
- itiraf etmekto admit to be true
- ödün vermekto yield or make concession
- taviz vermekto yield or make concession
Vietnamese thừa nhận
- thừa nhậnto admit to be true
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with concede
Cite this entry
concede. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concede
“concede.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concede. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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