concede

concede is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
2. transitive verb. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. transitive verb. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
4. intransitive verb. To yield or make concession.
5. verb. be willing to concede

   "I grant you this much"

   Synonyms: grant, yield

6. verb. admit (to a wrongdoing)

   "She confessed that she had taken the money"

   Synonyms: confess, profess

7. verb. acknowledge defeat

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

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

   Synonyms: cede, grant, yield

Synonyms

grant, yield, confess, profess, cede

Common word forms

conceded, conceder, concedes, conceding

Words from these letters

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