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cede
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- pronunciation:
- sid
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cedes, ceding, ceded |
| definition: |
to give up or surrender, esp. formally.
The vanquished nation ceded some territory to the victors.- synonyms:
- renounce, surrender
- similar words:
- forsake, give away, grant, relinquish, waive, yield
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| related words: |
abdicate, convey, renounce, surrender, transfer |
adverb + (v.)cede
effectively, essentially, gradually, hereby, largely, previously, since, ultimately, voluntarily, willingly
(v.)cede
+ noun
advantage,
amount,
authority,
claim,
command,
control,
dominance,
exchange,
ground,
inch,
independence,
initiative,
land,
leadership,
limelight,
ownership,
peace,
perpetuity,
planter,
portion,
power,
responsibility,
sovereignty,
spot,
spotlight,
territory,
title,
tract,
turf
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| derivation: |
ceder (n.) |
The word cede
contains the following part:
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
  Example words:
accede, access, accessible, ancestry, antecede, antecedent, cede, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, recession, retrocede, secede, succeed, success
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