concede

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  concede 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  concede 
 
  Sense  2 
  concede,  yield,  grant 
  =>  forgive 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  concede 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  concede 
 
  Sense  2 
  concede,  yield,  grant 
  =>  forgive 
  =>  excuse,  condone 
  =>  absolve,  justify,  free 
  =>  excuse,  relieve,  let  off  exempt 
  =>  frank 
  =>  wash  one's  hands 
  =>  absolve 
  =>  pardon 
  =>  assoil 
  =>  amnesty 
  =>  excuse,  pardon 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  concede 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  concede 
 
  4  senses  of  concede 
 
  Sense  1 
  concede,  profess,  confess 
  =>  admit  acknowledge 
 
  Sense  2 
  concede,  yield,  grant 
  =>  agree,  hold  concur,  concord 
 
  Sense  3 
  concede,  yield,  cede,  grant 
  =>  give 
 
  Sense  4 
  concede 
  =>  surrender,  give  up 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  concede 
 
  concede  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  concede 
 
  Sense  1 
  concede,  profess,  confess 
  =>  admit  acknowledge 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  concede,  yield,  grant 
  =>  agree,  hold  concur,  concord 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  concede,  yield,  cede,  grant 
  =>  give 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  concede 
  =>  surrender,  give  up 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  concede 
 
  The  verb  concede  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  concede,  profess,  confess  --  (make  a  clean  breast  of  "She  confessed  that  she  had  taken  the  money") 
  2.  (6)  concede,  yield,  grant  --  (be  willing  to  concede;  "I  grant  you  this  much...") 
  3.  (4)  concede,  yield,  cede,  grant  --  (give  over  surrender  or  relinquish  to  the  physical  control  of  another) 
  4.  concede  --  (acknowledge  defeat;  "The  candidate  conceded  after  enough  votes  had  come  in  to  show  that  he  would  lose") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  concede 
  conceded 
 
  Overview  of  verb  concede 
 
  The  verb  concede  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  concede,  profess,  confess  --  (make  a  clean  breast  of  "She  confessed  that  she  had  taken  the  money") 
  2.  (6)  concede,  yield,  grant  --  (be  willing  to  concede;  "I  grant  you  this  much...") 
  3.  (4)  concede,  yield,  cede,  grant  --  (give  over  surrender  or  relinquish  to  the  physical  control  of  another) 
  4.  concede  --  (acknowledge  defeat;  "The  candidate  conceded  after  enough  votes  had  come  in  to  show  that  he  would  lose") 

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