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CEDE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cede ... he / she / it cedes
Past simple: ceded
Past participle: ceded
-ing form: ceding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relinquish possession or control over
Example:
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Synonyms:
cede; deliver; give up; surrender
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "cede" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cede"):
yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)
sell (give up for a price or reward)
sign away; sign over (formally assign ownership of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
cession (the act of ceding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "cede" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
cession (the act of ceding)
