conceded

[kuhn-see-did]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

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

Other Word Forms

• concededly adverb
• unconceded adjective
• well-conceded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conceded¹

concede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"Our batting is not consistent. The lower order has done a decent job, but the top order needs to shoulder more responsibility," Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana conceded after the defeat.

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Rangers won all of their home games, scored 92 goals and conceded a mere 13.

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The Pylon founder instead conceded a sliver of conventional life and rented a four-bedroom apartment a block away.

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Speaking ahead of Friday's second Test against the West Indies in New Delhi, Gill conceded that it was a challenge to play all three international formats, but that was what drove him.

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Rune looked increasingly rattled as he failed to assert control, and despite hitting two aces in the tiebreak, ultimately conceded the second set.

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