Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to concede
Participle: conceded
Gerund: conceding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | concede |
| you | concede |
| he;she;it | concedes |
| we | concede |
| you | concede |
| they | concede |
Perfect
| I | have conceded |
| you | have conceded |
| he;she;it | has conceded |
| we | have conceded |
| you | have conceded |
| they | have conceded |
Past
| I | conceded |
| you | conceded |
| he;she;it | conceded |
| we | conceded |
| you | conceded |
| they | conceded |
Pluperfect
| I | had conceded |
| you | had conceded |
| he;she;it | had conceded |
| we | had conceded |
| you | had conceded |
| they | had conceded |
Future
| I | will concede |
| you | will concede |
| he;she;it | will concede |
| we | will concede |
| you | will concede |
| they | will concede |
Future Perfect
| I | will have conceded |
| you | will have conceded |
| he;she;it | will have conceded |
| we | will have conceded |
| you | will have conceded |
| they | will have conceded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | concede |
| you | concede |
| he;she;it | concede |
| we | concede |
| you | concede |
| they | concede |
Perfect
| I | have conceded |
| you | have conceded |
| he;she;it | have conceded |
| we | have conceded |
| you | have conceded |
| they | have conceded |
Imperfect
| I | conceded |
| you | conceded |
| he;she;it | conceded |
| we | conceded |
| you | conceded |
| they | conceded |
Pluperfect
| I | had conceded |
| you | had conceded |
| he;she;it | had conceded |
| we | had conceded |
| you | had conceded |
| they | had conceded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would concede |
| you | would concede |
| he;she;it | would concede |
| we | would concede |
| you | would concede |
| they | would concede |
Perfect
| I | would have conceded |
| you | would have conceded |
| he;she;it | would have conceded |
| we | would have conceded |
| you | would have conceded |
| they | would have conceded |
Imperative
| you | concede |
| we | Let's concede |
| you | concede |
Verbs conjugated like 'concede'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'concede'
coincide,
concave,
conceal,
conceave,
conceit,
conceive,
concern,
concert,
concise,
concite,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- surrender
- surrender
- yield or make concession
- accede
- to admit to the truth
- acknowledge, admit, assent, avow, beknow, come clean, confess, fess, fess up, front up, make a clean breast, own, own up, shrive, sing, spill one's guts, spill the beans, step forward, talk, tell all, unbosom
- to yield to persuasion; to agree to a request or demand
- accede, allow, cave in, come around, come round, give way, grant, soothe, yield
- admit
- yield, acknowledge, grant, allow, confess, recognize, accede, acquiesce
Antonyms
- admit
- deny, disavow, dispute, dissent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1632, from L.
concedere "give way, yield," from
com-, intensive prefix, +
cedere "to go, grant, give way" (see cede).
2. From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”). See: Old French '
conceder', Latin '
concēdō'.
Sample Sentences
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As nothing was to be urged in opposition to this reasonable arrangement, we requested leave to make some trifling purchases of Shaker goods; which was grimly conceded. We accordingly repaired to a store in the same house and on the opposite side of the passage, where the stock was presided over by something alive in a russet case, which the elder said was a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Really, you are quite provident. Well, seeing I 'm in the hands of a Yankee, there is nothing for it but to concede; ” and St. Clare rapidly wrote off a deed of gift, which, as he was well versed in the forms of law, he could easily do, and signed his name to it in sprawling capitals, concluding by a tremendous [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)