cede
/si:d/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To give up power or territory, often formally: To formally surrender or relinquish possession, control, or authority over something, typically land or rights, to another party.
- To yield or grant: To allow something to be taken or to admit defeat in a contest of power.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The defeated nation was forced to cede the territory to the victors.
- The company agreed to cede control of the project to its new partner.
- He refused to cede his authority to the committee.
Advanced Usage
- "to cede ground": To yield in an argument or conflict; to retreat from a position.
- In the debate, she would not cede ground on her core principles.
- "to cede the floor": To yield one's turn to speak, especially in a formal assembly.
- After stating his case, the senator ceded the floor to his colleague.
Variants and Related Words
- Cession (n): The act of ceding; something that is ceded, especially territory.
- The treaty involved the cession of several islands.
- Ceded (adj): Describing something that has been formally given up.
- The ceded lands were opened for settlement.
Synonyms
- Surrender: To give up completely.
- Relinquish: To voluntarily cease to keep or claim.
- Yield: To give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.
- Concede: To admit defeat or acknowledge something is true, often reluctantly.
Antonyms
- Retain: To continue to have; keep possession of.
- Acquire: To buy or obtain for oneself.
- Annex: To add territory to one's own, often by force.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "Cede the point": To admit that someone else is correct in an argument.
- I had to cede the point when she presented the official data.
- "Cede one's place": To give up one's position or turn to someone else.
- The veteran player gracefully ceded his place to a younger teammate.
Verb
- relinquish possession or control over
- The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another