cede
Meaning
- To give up; yield to another.
- To give up; yield to another.
- To give way.
Synonyms
yield
fork up
deed over
deliver up
go backward
vanish into thin air
yield to
make one’s exit
make one’s last exit
make ones last exit
make ones exit
admit extradite
abdicate
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/siːd/
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”).
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