concede
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit.
are conceding
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present progressiveof concede.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Nearly a third of the way through the campaign, they are conceding 0.45 goals per game.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
On average Liverpool are conceding 0.38 goals per game this campaign, compared with 1.08 goals last term.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
Because in their locker room, they are conceding nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
They are conceding the point in a last-ditch effort to plead that his lies were "free speech" and not damaging.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
They enable us to yield without loss of our self-esteem, in the delusion that we are conceding to reason what is really extorted by charm.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
