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CEDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cede mean? 

CEDE (verb)
  The verb CEDE has 2 senses:

1. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of anotherplay

2. relinquish possession or control overplay

  Familiarity information: CEDE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEDE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cede  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cedes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: ceded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: ceded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: ceding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; concede; grant; yield

Hypernyms (to "cede" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

cession (the act of ceding)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Relinquish possession or control over

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; deliver; give up; surrender

Context example:

The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

Hypernyms (to "cede" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cede"):

yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)

sell (give up for a price or reward)

sign away; sign over (formally assign ownership of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

cession (the act of ceding)


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