ceded

[see-did]

adjective

1. yielded or formally surrendered.

   The new owners will have total sovereignty over the ceded lands.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of cede.

Other Word Forms

• unceded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceded¹

cede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Top appointees lack emergency-management experience, and David Richardson, the acting administrator, has largely ceded his authority to DHS, according to people familiar with the agency’s operations.

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The rap is that because she’s maintained such a low profile in the year since she took over, she has ceded the field to Mr. Farage.

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You mentioned how the onus should be on Republicans, who, of course, control both houses and the executive branch and have, I think, objectively speaking, ceded much of their authority to the president.

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Major League Eating eventually ceded the sponsorship issue with Chestnut, who posted on X in June that he is “grateful we’ve been able to find common ground.”

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“It represents lost 1st Amendment ground that didn’t have to be ceded.”

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Related Words

• capitulate 
• communicate 
• concede 
• give in 
• give up 
• grant 
• hand over 
• relinquish 
• renounce 
• sign over 
• transfer 
• waive