English verb: concede | |||
1. | concede (communication) admit (to a wrongdoing) | ||
Samples | She confessed that she had taken the money. | ||
Synonyms | confess, profess | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | acknowledge, admit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fess up, make a clean breast of, own up | ||
2. | concede (communication) be willing to concede | ||
Samples | I grant you this much. | ||
Synonyms | grant, yield | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agree, concord, concur, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | forgive | ||
3. | concede (possession) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | ||
Synonyms | cede, grant, yield | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
4. | concede (competition) acknowledge defeat | ||
Samples | The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give up, surrender | ||