cede

See also: cedé, cedě, cedê, cédé, cède, and cʼedeʼ

English

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːd
  • Homophones: sede, seed

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

  2. (transitive) To give up or yield (something).
    His Majesty has decided to cede the province.
  4. (ditransitive) To give up or yield (something) to (someone).
    After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
  6. (intransitive) To give way.
    I guess we will have to wait for them to cede.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛde
  • Hyphenation: cè‧de

Verb

cede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

cēde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēdō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ce‧de

Verb

cede

  1. inflection of ceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cede (Cyrillic spelling цеде)

  1. third-person plural present of cediti

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

cede

  1. inflection of ceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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