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conceded

/kuhn-see-did/US // kənˈsi dɪd //

认输了,认输,承认,承认了

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : allowed or admitted as true, proper, just, etc.:A professional liar, when cornered, will strategically acknowledge a point without giving up the debate; those conceded points should form the basis of your response.
    • : acknowledged without or before being officially confirmed:That argument did not set a legal precedent, because it was a conceded point and not a legally established one.In golf, a conceded putt is one your opponent gives you, without you completing the shot.
    • : granted or yielded in a negotiation:Later that year, the oil company returned with security guards to install its equipment on the conceded territory.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbacknowledge, give in

Examples

  • Historically, now is when the winners are gracious, the losers concede, and all Americans acknowledge the outcome and turn their attention to the challenges of everyday life.

  • WarnerMedia appears to have gotten Amazon to concede in one respect.

  • By refusing to concede, he propagates the myth that he is being forced from office precisely because he has kept faith with his base.

  • To be fair, the Reds conceded seven of those 16 goals in one extraordinarily flukey match against Aston Villa.

  • This race has been called, but the president, as he threatened to do before the election, has refused to concede and instead leaned on a series of lawsuits to contest results.

  • For hydration, an IV would have been effective, as CIA medical officers conceded.

  • Now, having barely survived in a race that was not conceded, Malloy has some advice for his fellow Democrats.

  • Yet she also conceded that there is some crude residue still inside the Tesoro rail-facility stormwater system.

  • But he later conceded that should the economy suffer in the long run, social chaos could be a “possibility.”

  • “I may be jumping the gun a little bit for this Halloween,” Stinnett conceded, considering Paul is not yet quite a household name.

  • Seeing that this would not be conceded, he commenced to persecute Christians openly and secretly.

  • Carnarvon Castle is conceded from many points of view to be the finest ruin in the Kingdom.

  • Something was conceded on both sides; and when the session of Parliament ended there seemed to be fair hopes of a settlement.

  • Some of the light-weight models are using belt drive, but chain drive is generally conceded to be superior.

  • A great principle had been conceded, and a great injustice materially abated.