[
US
/kənˈsid/
]
[ UK /kənsˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /kənsˈiːd/ ]
VERB
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
-
acknowledge defeat
The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose -
admit (to a wrongdoing)
She confessed that she had taken the money -
be willing to concede
I grant you this much
How To Use concede In A Sentence
- Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
- But Salmond appeared to concede that he had overreacted in his response to the PCC.
- I concede that seniority should not be the sole criterion.
- Sadly, I must concede, that it was an understandable response in that milieu.
- The modern historian sees greater variety than the thesis's defenders wished to concede.
- After losing this decisive battle, the general was forced to concede.
- Neither Pislar nor Knittel conceded and the two raced the full 2000 metres with Knittel finally getting the better of Pislar.
- Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight-and James has yet to keep a clean sheet.
- He conceded that without such filler and with weep holes, air could come into the building and might affect the heating.
- Clara looked momentarily disconcerted but wasn't about to concede defeat after upbraiding Nicholas a moment before.
