Ceded vs Conceded - What's the difference?
ceded | conceded |
(cede)
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To give up, give way, give away.
(concede)
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To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
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
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 2
, author=Jonathan Jurejko
, title=Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea
, work=BBC Sport
(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
As verbs the difference between ceded and conceded
is that ceded is past tense of cede while conceded is past tense of concede.ceded
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Verb
(head)cede
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Verb
(ced)- Edward decided to cede the province.
conceded
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Verb
(head)concede
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Verb
(conced)- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
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