cede
verb (used with object)
to yield or formally surrender to another.
have ceded
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present perfectof cede.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The shiny-faced, spaced-out humans of 2024 have ceded their place to an expanded host of critters, letting Coke dodge the “uncanny valley” where nearly real simulations of people wind up unsettling viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
But by failing to develop the former, they have ceded geometric and psychic space to the latter.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
And while Cerundolo put the onus on the official, he also thought Rune could have ceded the point because of the double-bounce.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
And both have ceded just 23 games total.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
Cato Uticensis is said in 56 B.C. to have ceded his wife Marcia to Q. Hortensius, and at the death of Hortensius in 50 B.C. to have taken her back again—Plutarch, Cato Min.,
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
