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cede
[ seed ]
verb (used with object)
- to yield or formally surrender to another:
to cede territory.
Synonyms: , , , ,
cede
/ ː /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by to to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights)
the lands were ceded by treaty
- tr to allow or concede (a point in an argument, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- · noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cede1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cede1
Example Sentences
“It requires that there be some ceding of authority over how money is spent,” he said.
When it meant ceding shots to Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves, he did that.
While Columbia University ceded to some of Trump's demands earlier this month, Harvard became the first major US university to take the opposite approach.
They shouldn’t cede the traditions of this country, like the flag, the White House and democracy, to a tyrant like Trump just because he has wrapped himself in them.
The United States will have a sphere of influence and we will cede Europe to Putin as his sphere of influence and feed perhaps Asia to China.
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