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soon.
  • //“Your plan might work,” she conceded, “but I still think mine is better.”
  • //Although it seems clear that he has lost the election, he still refuses to concede.
  • //He's not ready to concede the election.
  • //The former ruler was forced to concede power to a new government.
  • //The company says that workers are not conceding enough in negotiations.
  • First Known Use
    1626, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
    History and Etymology
    French or Latin; French concéder, from Latin concedere, from com- + cedere to yield
    concede
    verb

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