cedere

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to withdraw, to surrender, to give up
  2. (intransitive) to cave in, to give way (of the ground, the floor, etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to yield, to give way
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) to succumb [with a ‘to’]
  5. (transitive) to give up, to yield, to surrender (a seat, a weapon, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to sell or resell

Opposite of
resistere
Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
cè‧de‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃɛ.de.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cēdere.

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