Accede

  

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Accede

Definitions: Accede

Accede

Verb

1. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure".

2. Be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules".

3. To agree or express agreement: "Yes, the Maestro assented.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "accede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Accede \Ac*cede"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Acceded; present participle verb or noun Acceding.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Accede

Synonyms: acquiesce (v), adhere (v), assent (v), bow (v), defer (v), give in (v), submit (v). (additional references)
Antonym: dissent (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Accede

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assent

Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.

Consent

Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Accede

English words defined with "accede": accede to, Acceded, Acceding, AdveneTo close with. (references)
Etymologies containing "accede": Access, Accessible, Accession. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Accede" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (agree with, approach, be added to, come near, constitute).

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Commercial Usage: Accede

DomainTitle

Books

  • Accede al poder de tu yo superior (reference)

  • El perfil del turista que accede a Salta (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Accede

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Allied and Associated Powers reserve to themselves the right to arrive at an understanding in this connection with Holland, and Germany hereby agrees to accede if required to any such understanding. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Accede

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Romania

The government is preparing to accede to the OECD convention on combating bribery, but is not yet a signatory. (references)

Saudi Arabia

This, and certain other intellectual property concerns, are being addressed under the TRIPS agenda issue, in connection with Saudi Arabia's application to accede to the WTO. (references)

Zimbabwe

The European electorate in Rhodesia, however, showed little willingness to accede to African demands for increased political participation and progressively replaced more moderate party leaders. (references)

Human Rights

Saudi Arabia

The independence of the judiciary is prescribed by law and usually is respected in practice; however, judges occasionally accede to the influence of the executive branch, high-ranking members of the royal family and their associates, who are not required to appear before the courts. (references)

Political Economy

TAIWAN

Taiwan has been lowering tariffs significantly in recent years, both as part of its effort to accede to the WTO as well as to fulfill other policy objectives. (references)

OMAN

Oman's record on intellectual property protection has improved dramatically in recent years, in tandem with its now successful efforts to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO). (references)

Trade

Saudi Arabia

This is particularly important in connection with Saudi Arabia's bid to accede to the WTO. (references)

Taiwan

In February 1999, Taiwan waived tariffs on 15 aircraft components as part of plans to accede to the WTO. (references)

Botswana

Angola and Seychelles have indicated they will accede to the trade protocol soon, but the intention of the DROC is unknown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Accede

"Accede" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 92.00% of the time. "Accede" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)92%9234,282
Lexical Verb (base form)8%8124,375
                    Total100.00%100N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Accede

Expressions using "accede": accede to accede to the throne. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Accede

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

accede

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Accede

Language Translations for "accede"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

aansluit (associate, come together, join, pool), toetree tot (join). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

miratoj (accept, adopt, approbate, approve, assent, confirm, consent, countenance, enact, Favor, favour, pass, ratify, recognize, root for, sanction, vote in), marr (acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قبل (accept, admit, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), ‏وافق (accept, accord, agree, approbate, approve, assent, assert, compound, consent, fit, grant, jump, nod, ok, okay, okey), ‏تبوأ منصبا, ‏إنضم إلى حزب, ‏إنضم (associate, bunch, combine, enter, join, range). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съгласявам се (accede to, acquiesce, agree, assent, buy, comply, concur, consent, grant, jibe, say the word, see, yield), възкачвам се на престола (accede to the throne), отстъпвам (accede to, backpedal, backslide, backtrack, comply, concede, defer, deliver, draw back, fall back, give, give back, give ground, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, part with, release, retire, retreat, retrocede, say uncle, stand aside, stand back, step back, submit, succumb, vail), присъединявам се (accede to, latch, tie up). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

同意 (Acceded, Acceding, Agree, Agreed, Agreeing, Assent, Assented, Assenting, Concur, Concurred, Concurring, Consent, Consented, Consenting), . (various references)

   

Czech

  

souhlasit (acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, consent, endorse, ok, okay, tally), přistoupit (approach, come nearer). (various references)

   

Danish

  

samtykke (accommodation, accord, agree, agreement, consent, mutual understanding). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lid worden (affiliate, join). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

aniĝi, membriĝi, konsenti (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

samtykkja (agree, consent), koma upp í (join), fara upp í (join). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

موافقت کردن (Acquiesce, Admit, Agree, Assent, Comply, Concur, Grant, Jibe, Obey, Okay), نزدیک شدن (Approach, Near, Nigh, Verge), ناءل شدن (Agree, Attain, Gain), تن دردادن (Acquiesce, Acquiescence, Own), رسیدن (Achieve, Aim, Amount, Arrive, Attain, Come, Gain, Get, Land, Receive, Strand), رضایت دادن (Acquiesce, Assent, Consent), راه یافتن , دست یافتن (Achieve, Attain). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suostua (accept, agree, assent, consent), liittyä (associate, attach oneself to, become a member of, come together, enter, join, pool). (various references)

   

French

  

consentir (acquiesce). (various references)

   

German

  

zustimmen (agree, agree to, agree with, approve, assent, be right, chime in with, consent, considered, go along, jibe, to agree, to assent, to concern, to consent, to considered), einwilligen (acquiesce, agree, comply, consent, to acquiesce, to consent), beipflichten (agree, chime in with, consent, to accede). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συναίνω (acquiesce, assent, concur, consent), προσχωρώ (affiliate, join), ανέρχομαι (amount, amount to, come to, go up, run up to). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"עתר (grant a request), ל"ע ות (assent, be answered, comply, respond), ל"סכים (accept, accord, agree, approve, assent, consent, grant, subscribe). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megegyezik (agree, clinch, come to an agreement, comport, compound, concur, to accord, to agree, to covenant, to equal, to gibe, to parallel, to tally, to unite), hivatalt elfoglal, egyezik (agree, consent, hitch, to accord, to agree, to check, to check up, to hitch, to square, to tally), csatlakozik (adjoin, affiliate, join, join in, link, to abut, to affiliate, to fall into line, to fall into line with, to rally). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

naik (aboard, ascend, increasing, rising, up), menyetujui (accept, accord, acquiescent, adopt, agree, approve, approving, assent), mengabulkan (accept, grant). (various references)

   

Italian

  

concordare (accord, agree, arrange, check, check out, coincide, concur, conform, consent, make agree, reconcile, settle), accedere (access, approach, enter), esserer d'accordo (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

聞き入れる (to accede, to comply with, to grant), わる (to accede to, to gain in, to increase, to join in), 将軍家 (family positioned to accede to the shogunate). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ききいれる (to accede, to comply with, to grant), くわわる (to accede to, to gain in, to increase, to join in), しょうぐ"け (family positioned to accede to the shogunate). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

mettess d'accord (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Malay

  

setuju (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Manx

  

roshtyn (accession to power, arrive, arriving, attain, come within, reach, reaching). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

imøtekomme (accede to, accommodate, cater), etterkomme (accede to). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

konsentí (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

accedeay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

zgadzać się, przyłączyć się, dołączyć się. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

concordar (accept, accord, adhere, agree, approbate, assent, assort, bring into agreement, chime, close, cohere, comply, concur, consent, correspond, cotton, covenant, emboss, let, own, subscribe, yes). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

apropia (approach, approximate, bring near), ajunge (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, bump, come, do, end up, gain, get, hit, land, manage, overtake, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch), adera (adhere), adãuga (add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, complete, enclose, enlarge, extend, follow up with, prefix, schedule, superinduce, supervene, supplement, swell, tack), acord (accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity), subscrie (club, sign, subscribe, undersign, underwrite), se alãtura (follow, join), consimţi (admit, consent, will). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соглашаться (agree, agrees, assent, assented, assenting, assents, comply, concur, consent, countenance, homologate, run in). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

složiti se (agree, assent, bear out, come round, concede, match), pristati (accept, agree, assent, comply, consent, dock, go in, side). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acordar (accord, agree, agree on, agree upon, arrange, consent, look back, resolve, settle, tune, tune up), declarar (acknowledge, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, agree, announce, come out, confess, consent, contract, declare, find, plead, proclaim, profess, pronounce, register, return, set out, start, state, testify). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

kubali (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tillträda (accede to, assume, enter upon, take over), biträda (accede to, accomodate, aid, assist, help, support). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

sumásangayon (agree, consent). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yönetime geçmek, tahta çıkmak (accede to the throne, ascend the throne, succeed to the crown, throne), razı olmak (acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, comply, consent, fall with, settle for), muvafakat etmek (agree, consent), kabul etmek (accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), iktidara gelmek. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

вступати (enlist, enter, enter into, tread), збільшуватися (accrue, aggrandize, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, lengthen, multiply, run up, vegetate, wax), приставати (accost, adhere, badger, board), при"днуватися (come over, identify oneself with, join, subscribe), примикати, погоджуватися (accept, admit, allow, comply, concede, concur, consent, give in, grant, hold with, homologate). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cytuno (accord, agree, consent), cydsynio (acquiesce, assent, consent). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Accede

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

accedere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Accede

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 27, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen autw isaak o pathr autou eggison moi kai filhson me teknon
Latin405VulgateDixit ad eum accede ad me et da mihi osculum fili mi
Middle English1395WyclifSeide to hym, Come nerre to me, and yyue to me a cosse, sone myn.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd his father Isaac sayde vnto him: come nere and kysse me my sonne.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Accede

LanguageGenesis Chapter 27, Verse 26
BulgarianА баща му Исаак му рече: Приближи се сега и целуни ме, синко.
CebuanoUg miingon kaniya si Isaac nga iyang amahan: Dumuol ka karon, ug halokan mo ako, anak ko.
Chinese他 父 親 以 '' 對 他 說 、 我 ' 、 上 前 來 與 我 親 嘴 。
CroatianPoslije toga reèe mu njegov otac Izak: "Primakni se, sine moj, i poljubi me!"
DanishDerpå sagde hans Fader Isak til ham: "Kom hen til mig og kys mig, min Søn!"
DutchEn zijn vader Izak zeide tot hem: Kom toch bij, en kus mij, mijn zoon!
FinnishSenjälkeen hänen isänsä Iisak sanoi hänelle: "Tule tänne ja suutele minua, poikani".
FrenchAlors Isaac, son père, lui dit: Approche donc, et baise-moi, mon fils.
GermanUnd Isaak, sein Vater, sprach zu ihm: Komm her und küsse mich, mein Sohn.
Haitian CreoleIzarak, papa l', di l': -Pwoche non, pitit mwen. vin bo m'.
HungarianAkkor monda néki Izsák az õ atyja: Jer közelebb fiam, és csókolj meg engem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu berkatalah ayahnya kepadanya, "Marilah lebih dekat lagi, Nak, dan ciumlah saya."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata Ishak, bapanya, kepadanya: Marilah hampir, ciumlah akan daku, hai anakku!
ItalianPoi suo padre Isacco gli disse: «Avvicinati e baciami, figlio mio!».
Korean그 아 비 이 삭 이 그 에 게 이 르 되 ` 내 아 " 아, 가 까 이 와 서 내 게 입 맞 " 라`
MaoriKatahi ka mea a Ihaka, tona papa, ki a ia, Nuku mai nei, ka kihi i ahau, e taku tama.
Modern GreekΚαι ειπε προς αυτον Ισαακ ο πατηρ αυτου, λησιασον τωρα, και φιλησον με, τεκνον μου.
NorwegianSå sa Isak, hans far, til ham: Kom nu hit og kyss mig, min sønn!
PortugueseDisse-lhe mais Isaque, seu pai: Aproxima-te agora, e beija-me, meu filho.   
RumanianAtunci tatql squ Isaac i -a zis: ,,Apropie-te dar, wi sqrutq-mq, fiule.``
RussianйУББЛ, ПФЕ" ЕЗП, УЛБЪБМ ЕНХ: П"ПК"Й, П"ЕМХК НЕОС, УЩО НПК.
SpanishEntonces le dijo su padre Isaac: --Acércate, por favor, y bésame, hijo mío.
SwedishDärefter sade hans fader Isak till honom: "Kom hit och kyss mig, min son."
Thaiแล้วอิสอัคบิ"าของเขาจึงพู"กับเขาว่า "ลูกเอ๋ย เข้ามาใกล้และจุบพ่อ"
UkrainianІ промовив до нього Ісак, його батько: Підійди ж, і поцілуй мене, сину мій!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Accede

Derivations

Words beginning with "accede": acceded, acceder, acceders, accedes. (additional references)

Words ending with "accede": reaccede. (additional references)

Words containing "accede": reacceded, reaccedes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Accede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abcede, acade, Accardo, accedi, acceed, accele, accese, accide, accidet, accidie, accive, acede, aceed, acide, Acuerdo, Akcije, akede, akeed, akkede, ascede, asceed, axceed, eccede, Mccredie, Mccudden. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Accede"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "accede" (pronounced aksē"d)
4-k s ē" dexceed, succeed.
3-s ē" dcede, concede, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, reseed, secede, seed, supersede.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Accede

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e"

-2 letters: aced, cade, ceca, cede, dace.

-3 letters: ace, cad, cee, dee.

-4 letters: ad, ae, de, ed.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e"
 

+1 letter: acceded, acceder, accedes, cadence.

 

+2 letters: acceders, accented, accepted, accessed, accreted, cacheted, cadenced, cadences, canceled, reaccede.

 

+3 letters: accidence, bechanced, cadencies, cancelled, cathected, chickadee, coalesced, cocreated, coenacted, concealed, decadence, decadency, desiccate, peacocked, reacceded, reaccedes, reaccused.

 

+4 letters: acceptedly, accidences, accoutered, accredited, acquiesced, ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, brecciated, candescent, catechized, checkmated, chickadees, decadences, decametric, delicacies, desiccated, desiccates, encroached, exsiccated, incandesce, reacceding, reaccented, reaccepted, reaccredit, spectacled, succedanea, unaccented, unaccepted, uncanceled.

 

+5 letters: accelerando, accelerated, accentuated, accessioned, adjacencies, adolescence, antecedence, archdiocese, ascendances, ascendences, bactericide, beachcombed, buccaneered, candescence, charactered, checkmarked, chucklehead, confederacy, consecrated, convalesced, decadencies, decalcified, decalcifies, decorticate, democracies, desiccative, excruciated, incandesced, incandesces, overcoached, placekicked, precanceled, reaccredits, recontacted, succedaneum, uncoalesced, unconcealed, wisecracked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Accede


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 63 65 64 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.-.    -.-.    .    -..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01100100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#99 &#101 &#100 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0063 0065 0064 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

356969717071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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