concede Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
    confess; profess.
    • She confessed that she had taken the money
  2. verb be willing to concede
    yield; grant.
    • I grant you this much
  3. verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    cede; yield; grant.
  4. verb acknowledge defeat
    • The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose

WordNet

Con*cede" transitive verb
Etymology
L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Conceded; present participle & verbal noun Conceding
Definitions
  1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as. to concede the point in question. Boyle.
  2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
    We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.
    Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.
Con*cede" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To yield or make concession.
    I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.

Webster 1913