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Definitions: Cede |
CedeVerb1. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. 2. Relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Cede \Cede\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Ceded; present participle verb or noun Ceding.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CedeSynonyms: concede (v), deliver (v), give up (v), grant (v), surrender (v), yield (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Giving | Concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend. |
Relinquishment | Verb: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf; (disuse); set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon. |
Submission | Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under. |
Success | Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria; cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune; dies faustus; l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort; omnia vincit amor; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war"; "the race by vigor not by vaunts is won"; vincit qui patitur; vincit qui se vincit; "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cede |
| English words defined with "cede": Ceded ♦ Retrocede. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cede": Abscess, Antecede ♦ Cession, Cessionary. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany shall in the same way cede material of all kinds necessary to the Allied and Associated Powers concerned for the utilisation of those river systems. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Georgia | Channel 25 is the only independent television station broadcasting in the autonomous region of Ajara; however, three of the four owners of the station alleged that they were coerced in February 2000 by Ajaran regional government officials and Mikhail Gagoshidze, chairman of Ajaran Television and Radio, to cede 75 percent of the company's shares to Gagoshidze. (references) |
Economic History | Denmark | After the war with Prussia and Austria in 1864, Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia and adopt a policy of neutrality. (references) |
Slovakia | In 1938, the Allies concluded the Munich agreement which forced Czechoslovakia to cede the predominantly German region known as Sudetenland to Germany. (references) | |
Human Rights | Liberia | There were no further developments in the prosecution of eight former civil war combatants who were arrested after the November 2000 ransacking of the offices of the Center for Democratic Empowerment (CEDE) and the beating of former interim president and human rights defender Amos Sawyer and the organization's executive director, Conmany Wesseh. (references) |
Political Economy | Burma | Since it seized power in 1988, the junta has shown no inclination to cede its hold on power. (references) |
PHILIPPINES | Insurance and professional reinsurance companies operating in the country are required by law to cede to the industry-owned National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines at least 10 percent of outward reinsurance placements. (references) | |
Political Rights | Indonesia | The MPR was to decide its precise future role and transitional arrangements through further constitutional changes to be considered in 2002. The legislative branch has demonstrated its independence through the DPR's aggressive pursuit of its government oversight function, as well as the MPR's success in first forcing President Wahid to cede more authority over daily government management to Vice President Megawati because of perceived inefficiency and inconsistency in the Wahid Administration's implementation of policy. (references) |
Women | Lebanon | Women may own property but often cede control of it to male relatives for cultural reasons and because of family pressure. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cede" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Cede" is used about 51 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 88.24% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.76% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cede": cede to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cede | 66 |
cede co | 10 |
cede jewelry | 8 |
cede company | 4 |
cede photoservices | 2 |
cede bird food | 2 |
bird cede product | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cede"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | afstaan (give, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield), afstand doen van (give, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëshoj (concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter), heq dorë (abdicate, chuck, depart, drop it, give oneself up to, give up, kick, let up, release, remise, resign, tek pupa), dorëzoj (consign, deliver, devolve, disgorge, get through, give, give back, give over, give up, hand in, present, reach, serve, turn over, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنازل (abdicate, back down, concede, concession, condescend, deign, demission, disclaimer, give ground, give in, give up, part with, pass up, recede, recession, relinquish, renounce, renunciation, resignation, stand down, step down, surrender, transfer, waive, waiver, yield), تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отказвам се (backtrack, draw back, forego, forgo, forsake, pack up, release, resign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 割让 (Ceded, Ceding, Cession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odstoupit (abdicate, back down, resign, stand back, step aside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | give efter (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toegeven (accede, acknowledge, acknowledgement, add, admission, admit, agree, concede, confess, consent, give in, give up, give way, grant, profess, relinquish, yield), het veld ruimen (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield), afstaan (abandonment, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | cedi (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | lata sær lynda (abandon, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, renounce, resign, yield), eftirlíka (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | واگذارکردن (Abandon, Abdicate, Admit, Assign, Concede, Entrust, Give, Relegate, Remise, Surrender, Title, Transfer, Vest, Yield), تسلیم کردن (Consign, Lodge), صرفنظرکردن از. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | väistyä (give in, give up, give way, recede, relinquish, step aside, withdraw, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | céder, abandonner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfstean (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abtreten (abdicate, assign, dismiss, give in, give up, give way, go off, grant, hand over, make smb.'s exit, relinquish, resign, stamp off, step down, to cede, transfer, wear, wear down, wear out, yield, yield up), zedieren (assign, grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραχωρώ (allot, allow, bestow, concede, grant, resign, vouchsafe, yield), εκχωρώ (assign, convey), ενδίδω (give in, yield, yield to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לותר (concede, forgo, give ground, give in, give up, pass up, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, throw up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felad (abandon, abdicate, give in, give out, give up, mail, pass up, propound, renounce, to abandon, to abdicate, to cede, to chuck up, to despatch, to get off, to give up, to relinquish, to renounce, to resign, to surrender, to throw up, waive), enged (allow, gave, give in, give up, give way, given, had, let, relent, relinquish, to allow of, to comply with, to give, to give it best, to give the green light, to give way to, to have, to knuckle down, to lower one's flag, to relent, to slacken, to strike one's flag, to submit, to uncoop, yield), átenged (concede, to assign, to cede, to concede, to give up, to let through, to transfer, to yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | memberikan (give, hand over, supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cedere (abandon, alienate, assign, crack, devote, give, give in, give up, give way, grant, hand over, knuckle, relent, relinquish, render, sag, sell, submit, succumb, surrender, transfer, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 譲り渡す (to cede, to hand over, to turn over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さく (a harvest, a work, cord, crossout, curtail, fence, last, paling, pare, plan, plane, policy, reduce, rope, scrape off, sharpen, shave, to alienate, to avoid, to bloom, to cede, to cleave, to cut up, to divide, to separate, to sever, to spare, to split, to tear, whittle, yesterday), りょうど'さく (to cede a territory), ゆずりわたす (to cede, to hand over, to turn over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiggey voish (abdicate, abdication, forgo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edecay ceder (abandon, assign, break, bring to one's knees, convey, demise, desist, dispose of, folder, give in, give up, give way, go, grant, hand over, humor, humour, indulge, knucklebone, part with, prelude, pull off, relinquish, resign, sag, sell, sink, spare, submit, succumb, to yield, transfer, truckle, vail, vend, weaken, yield). (various references) ceda (assign, bend, cave in, come to terms, comply, concede, convey, defer, deliver over, deliver up, demise, give, give way, go, knock under, knuckle under, lower one's colour, release, renounce, resign, slack, spare, submit, surrender, yield), transfera (assign, deliver, displace, relegate, remise, shift, sign off, transfer), îndupleca (cause, determine, limber, melt, reason, relent, yield). (various references) уступать (acquiesce, assent, be inferior to, comply, concede, fall back, give ground, give in, give way to, knuckle under, pass up, rebate, relinquish, remise, stand down, succumb, surrender, yield, yield to). (various references) ustupiti (concede, give place to), priznati (accord, acknowledge, admit, avow, cognize, confess, disbosom, grant, own up, recognize), popustiti (defer, ease up, give in, give way to, let up, relax, relent, remit, slack, slacken, unbrace). (various references) ceder (acquiesce, alienate, assign, budge, cold flow, concede, creep, dispose of, give, give in, give up, give way, go, grant, hand over, make over, part with, relent, relinquish, render up, sign away, sign over, transfer, turn over, waive, yield), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield). (various references) avstå (abstain, desist, give up, refrain, relinquish, resign). (various references) ยกให้. (various references) vermek (accord, adduce, adjudge, administer, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, bring, bring in, charter, come across with, confer, contribute, dedicate, deliver, deliver up, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow, extend, furnish, give, give away, give in, grant, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, impart, inflict, inoculate, insert, instate, lend, let, let out, offer, pass, pass in, place, present, produce, put up, reach, render, serve, tender, throw, yield), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), teslim etmek (commit, confide, consign, deliver, deliver up, give in, give up, hand in, hand over, own, resign, submit, surrender, turn in, turn over, yield up), teslím etmek (give in, give up, give way, relinquish, yield), terketmek (desert, desolate, discard, disuse, ditch, expose, fall off, flee, forsake, jack in, jilt, leave, relinquish, revolt from, throw over, void, walk away, walk on, walk out of, walk out on), devretmek (alienate, assign, circuit, circulate, convey, deliver, devolve, dispose of, hand down, hand on, hand over, pass, pass on, revolve, slew, slue, transfer, turn over). (various references) уступати (assent), віддавати (bestow, give away, give back, yield), визнавати правоту, здавати (check, render up, surrender, yield), поступатися (admit, attribute, comply, concede, give ground, give in, knuckle down, knuckle under, listen, relinquish, retreat, surrender, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cedere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cede": ceded, ceder, ceders, cedes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cede": accede, antecede, concede, intercede, precede, reaccede, recede, retrocede, secede, supercede. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cede": acceded, acceder, acceders, accedes, anteceded, antecedence, antecedences, antecedent, antecedently, antecedents, antecedes, conceded, concededly, conceder, conceders, concedes, decedent, decedents, interceded, interceder, interceders, intercedes, preceded, precedence, precedences, precedencies, precedency, precedent, precedents, precedes, reacceded, reaccedes, receded, recedes, retroceded, retrocedes, seceded, seceder, seceders, secedes, succedent, superceded, supercedes, unprecedented, unprecedentedly. (additional references) | |
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"Cede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cada, cadea, cadec, cadeo, Cadex, cado, caedo, Cbde, ccd, cdd, cde, Cdes, Cdev, Ceadel, cebe, Cece, ced, ceda, cedae, cedav, cedax, ceder, cedere, cedex, Cedf, cedfe, cedi, cedit, cedm, Cedre, cee, Ceea, ceed, ceede, cege, cehe, cele, ceme, cendi, cene, Ceoe, cepe, Cerddi, cese, ceti, ceve, cewe, cexe, ceye, Ceze, cheade, Cheddi, Chedi, cida, cide, Cidg, Cidi, cidip, Cidse, cied, clede, cledo, codek, codeu, Crda, crede, Credem, csd, Csee, cudo, cuide, cyd, ecd, ede, Gedde, Kaydee, keda, kede, kedi, pede, zede. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cede" (pronounced sē"d) |
| 3 | s ē" d | accede, concede, exceed, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, reseed, secede, seed, succeed, supersede. |
| 2 | -ē" d | agreed, bead, bleed, Brede, breed, creed, decreed, deed, degreed, disagreed, feed, freed, greed, guaranteed, heed, impede, indeed, keyed, knead, kneed, lipide, mead, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, overfeed, peed, plead, Reed, reread, screed, skied, speed, stampede, Steed, swede, teed, Tweed, weed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e" | |
-1 letter: cee, dee. | |
-2 letters: de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e" | |
+1 letter: ceded, ceder, cedes, cered, creed, deice, deuce, eched, educe. | |
+2 letters: accede, becked, bedeck, ceased, ceders, ceiled, celled, censed, cessed, cheder, chewed, cleped, clewed, cooeed, creeds, creped, crewed, decade, decane, decare, deceit, decent, decern, decide, decile, decked, deckel, decker, deckle, decode, decree, deduce, deface, defect, deiced, deicer, deices, deject, detect, deuced, deuces, device, echoed, edenic, educed, educes, emceed, encode, etched, exceed, excide, fenced, gecked, kecked, leched, necked, peaced, peched, pecked, pieced, recede, recked, recode, reduce, screed, secede, seduce, teched. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 65 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. . -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100101 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C e d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0065 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37717071 |
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