concede, yield, grant
(verb) be willing to concede; “I grant you this much”
concede, profess, confess
(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing); “She confessed that she had taken the money”
concede
(verb) acknowledge defeat; “The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose”
concede, yield, cede, grant
(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
• (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also surrender
• (in sports): let in
• (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also accede
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] Etym: [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede.]
1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as. to concede the point in question. Boyle.
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.
Syn.
– To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.
Con*cede", v. i.
Definition: To yield or make concession. I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
