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    CEDE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they cede  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cedes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: ceded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: ceded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: ceding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Relinquish possession or control overplay

    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 anotherplay

    Synonyms:

    cede; concede; grant; yield

    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)

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