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concede

/kuhn-seed/US // kənˈsid //UK // (kənˈsiːd) //

让步,认输,承认,认输吧

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing.

    • : to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
    • : to acknowledge before it is officially established: to concede an election before all the votes are counted.
    • : to grant as a right or privilege; yield: to concede a longer vacation for all employees.
v.无主动词 verb
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    con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing.

    • : to make a concession; yield to pressure or circumstances; admit defeat: She was so persistent that I conceded at last.My favorite candidate conceded before the polls were even closed!

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbacknowledge, give in
Forms: conceded, conceding

Examples

  • Days after sending the tweet — which she concedes was perhaps her most pointed remark on the matter — McClatchy news executives told her she was fired.

  • It also conceded 16 and is second worst defensively in the league.

  • So much has been said about their center back injury problems but actually they conceded 16 goals in the first eight games of the season.

  • And, as the authors point out, the fact of chaos was not exactly surprising, from pandemic interruptions to a president who has always said he would never concede.

  • On the occasions Ramsey lines up across from him, Adams will not concede.

  • Though Kerzner did concede that being a sock helped with his candor.

  • Even supporters of the no campaign privately concede that having Cameron in town could harm their cause.

  • But nobody wanted to concede to being a part of the problem.

  • Invading Iraq in 2003 was a mistake (57 percent of Americans concede as much).

  • It not only motivates parents to concede to the practice, but also not to report incidences when medical issues arise.

  • The Imperial Parliament will never concede that right, nor will any Legislature similarly constituted.

  • That government seems at present disposed to concede the abolition of that oath to the Catholics of Ireland.

  • If you must concede,—the conclusion of the first half,—what will be the nature of your concession?

  • Did his fellow-citizens concede to this great miracle, and have they at length acknowledged him?

  • The parents concede the higher position to their children, and the children take it as a matter of right.