conceded

[ kuhn-see-did ]

/ kənˈsi dɪd /

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adjective

allowed or admitted as true, proper, just, etc.:A professional liar, when cornered, will strategically acknowledge a point without giving up the debate; those conceded points should form the basis of your response.

acknowledged without or before being officially confirmed:That argument did not set a legal precedent, because it was a conceded point and not a legally established one.In golf, a conceded putt is one your opponent gives you, without you completing the shot.

granted or yielded in a negotiation:Later that year, the oil company returned with security guards to install its equipment on the conceded territory.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of concede.

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Origin of conceded

concede + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM conceded

con·ced·ed·ly, adverbun·con·ced·ed, adjectivewell-con·ced·ed, adjective

Words nearby conceded

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How to use conceded in a sentence

Historically, now is when the winners are gracious, the losers concede, and all Americans acknowledge the outcome and turn their attention to the challenges of everyday life.
Charles Koch: Partisan politics don’t work. It’s time for a new way|jakemeth|November 19, 2020|Fortune
WarnerMedia appears to have gotten Amazon to concede in one respect.
‘We get nothing’: Media companies want more detailed audience, revenue breakdowns from free, ad-supported streaming TV platforms|Tim Peterson|November 18, 2020|Digiday
By refusing to concede, he propagates the myth that he is being forced from office precisely because he has kept faith with his base.
Seriously, will he ever go?|Sean Illing|November 12, 2020|Vox
To be fair, the Reds conceded seven of those 16 goals in one extraordinarily flukey match against Aston Villa.
Liverpool And Manchester City Look Ordinary. Are They?|Terrence Doyle|November 12, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

This race has been called, but the president, as he threatened to do before the election, has refused to concede and instead leaned on a series of lawsuits to contest results.
The Trailer: The 10 crucial counties, revisited|David Weigel|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
For hydration, an IV would have been effective, as CIA medical officers conceded.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture|Russell Saunders|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, having barely survived in a race that was not conceded, Malloy has some advice for his fellow Democrats.
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair|David Freedlander|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet she also conceded that there is some crude residue still inside the Tesoro rail-facility stormwater system.
Oil Tankers Leaking into Seattle’s Water|Bill Conroy|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he later conceded that should the economy suffer in the long run, social chaos could be a “possibility.”
Hong Kong Between Calm and Chaos|Ben Leung|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I may be jumping the gun a little bit for this Halloween,” Stinnett conceded, considering Paul is not yet quite a household name.
Inside the World of Rand Paul Swag|Olivia Nuzzi|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seeing that this would not be conceded, he commenced to persecute Christians openly and secretly.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Carnarvon Castle is conceded from many points of view to be the finest ruin in the Kingdom.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Something was conceded on both sides; and when the session of Parliament ended there seemed to be fair hopes of a settlement.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Some of the light-weight models are using belt drive, but chain drive is generally conceded to be superior.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
A great principle had been conceded, and a great injustice materially abated.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton