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- 1. give up (power or territory): "he ceded control of the company to his brother"
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cede. cede something (to somebody) to give somebody control of something or give them power, a right, etc., especially unwillingly. Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898. Definition of cede verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
verb (used with object) , ced·ed, ced·ing. to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory. Synonyms: convey, transfer, grant, abandon, relinquish. cede. / siːd / verb. whenintr, often foll by to to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights) the lands were ceded by treaty.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /siːd/ 2. Rhymes: -iːd 3. Homophones: sede, seed
Verb
cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded) 1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another. 1.1. Edward decided to cedethe province. 1.1. 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227: 1.1.1. In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese cededTaiwan to the Japanese. 2. (intransitive) To give way.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.de/ 2. Rhymes: -ɛde 3. Hyphenation: cè‧de
Verb
cede 1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere
Pronunciation
1. (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.de/, [ˈkeːd̪ɛ] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.de/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪e]
Verb
cēde 1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēdō
Pronunciation
1. Hyphenation: ce‧de
Verb
cede 1. inflection of ceder: 1.1. third-person singular present indicative 1.2. second-person singular imperative
Verb
cede (Cyrillic spelling цеде) 1. third-person plural present of cediti
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθede/ [ˈθe.ð̞e] 2. IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsede/ [ˈse.ð̞e] 3. Rhymes: -ede 4. Syllabification: ce‧de 5. Homophone: (Latin America) sede
Verb
cede 1. inflection of ceder: 1.1. third-person singular present indicative 1.2. second-person singular imperative
cede meaning, definition, what is cede: to give something such as an area of lan...: Learn more.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (when: intr, often foll by to) to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights): the lands were ceded by treaty. 2. ( tr) to allow or concede (a point in an argument, etc) [C17: from Latin cēdere to yield, give way] ˈceder n.
cede meaning: to give something such as land or power to another country or person, especially because you are…. Learn more.
Definition of cede verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
