conceded

American  

[kuhn-see-did] / kənˈsi dɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• concededly adverb
• unconceded adjective
• well-conceded adjective

Etymology

Origin of conceded

concede ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

That was the first time those three and Johnson had started together under Bellamy, and that quartet could do damage against a Bosnian defence that conceded a creditable seven goals in their eight qualifiers.

From BBC

Ward conceded "there are more graceful ways you can do that".

From BBC

As Bryan Walsh wrote in Vox: “Once you’ve conceded that the machine is the final authority on whether a call is right…you’ve quietly eliminated the case for having the human there at all.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They made three eagles in a row before Jupiter conceded the match and the tournament on the 10th hole.

From BBC

"At home they have conceded 28 goals, only Wolves have conceded more. This is collectively poor and the manager is in a precarious position."

From BBC

Related Words

• acceptable
• allowable
• allowed
• approved
• authorized
• licensed
• sanctioned