concede — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

   Examples

   I have to concede the argument.

   He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

   More examples (1)

   Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

   Synonyms

   givegrant

   Examples

   More examples (3)

   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.

   On 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.

   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".

4. To yield or make concession.

5. To have a goal or point scored against

   Examples

   I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

   The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.

6. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Verb

1. admit (to a wrongdoing)

   Synonyms

   professconfess

   Broader terms

   admitacknowledge

   Examples

   She confessed that she had taken the money

2. be willing to concede

   Synonyms

   yieldgrant

   Broader terms

   agreeholdconcurconcord

   Examples

   I grant you this much

3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

   Synonyms

   yieldcedegrant

   Broader terms

   give

4. acknowledge defeat

   Broader terms

   surrendergive up

   Examples

   The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose