English Explanatory Dictionary

cede

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. Same as above.
  3. To give way.

Pronunciation

/siːd/ en-us-cede.ogg

Word forms

cede cedes ceding ceded

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”).

Synonyms

above

Related words

accede antecedent cession concede excede exceed intercede precede proceed recede secede succeed supercede supersede

Derived words

cede the field retrocede unceded

Translations

Albanian: dorëzohem Armenian: զիջել Belarusian: уступа́ць Belarusian: уступі́ць Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам Bulgarian: отстъ́пя Bulgarian: отка́звам се Bulgarian: отка́жа се Chinese Mandarin: 放弃 Czech: postupovat Czech: postoupit Dutch: aftreden Dutch: uit de weg gaan Dutch: opgeven Esperanto: cedi Finnish: luovuttaa French: céder German: abtreten German: zedieren German: überlassen German: nachgeben Ido: cedar Italian: cedere Japanese: 譲渡する Korean: 양도하다 Macedonian: о́тстапи Macedonian: отста́пува Macedonian: се о́ткаже Macedonian: се отка́жува Māori: tuku Māori: tautuku Polish: cedować Polish: scedować Portuguese: ceder Romanian: ceda Russian: уступа́ть Russian: уступи́ть Russian: отка́зываться Russian: отказа́ться Serbo-Croatian: оду̀стати Serbo-Croatian: у̀стукнути Serbo-Croatian: odùstati Serbo-Croatian: ùstuknuti Slovak: postúpiť Spanish: ceder Ukrainian: уступа́ти Ukrainian: уступи́ти
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