cede

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.
  2. (ditransitive, transitive) To give up; yield to another.
  3. (intransitive) To give way.

Synonyms

yield
C1
grant
B1
give up
relinquish
23k
assign
C2
give way
surrender
B2
give in
concede
C2
accommodate
C2
deliver
B1
allow
B1
abandon
B2
hand over
resign
C1
convey
C2
submit
C1
turn over
allot
47k
renounce
C2
forsake
C2
deposition
C2
desert
B1
🏜️
dispose
C2
drop
A2
extradite
36k
fall back
forgo
35k
fork out
fork over
give
A1
insurance
B1
knuckle under
leave
A1
let oneself go
open up
own
A1
postpone
C1
present
A2
procrastinate
put off
quit
A2
recede
36k
recognize
B1
regress
49k
reinsurance
relent
39k
render
C2
retrogress
sell
A2
Translations

céder
ceder
ceder
abtreten
toegeven
überlassen
cedere
cedir
afstaan
abandonner
nachgeben
wijken
alhear

zedieren

submeter-se

Frequency

49k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/siːd/
Etymology

Cognate with Tokharian B
kätk-
In summary

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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