cede

cede is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
2. verb. relinquish possession or control over

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

   Synonyms: deliver, surrender

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

   Synonyms: concede, grant, yield

Synonyms

deliver, surrender, concede, grant, yield

Common word forms

ceded, ceder, cedes, ceding

Words from these letters

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