cede

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /sid/ UK /siːd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like seethe /ð/ vs /d/

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to give up or surrender, typically by treaty or formal agreement

The defeated nation was forced to cede several provinces.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to give up or surrender,... surrender yield relinquish concede grant renounce abdicate

Opposites

retain keep seize hold

Word family

Related forms cessionconcede recede secede accede

Etymology

From Latin cedere ('to go, withdraw, yield'), from Proto-Italic *kesdo-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ked- ('to go, yield').

cedere Latin *ked- Proto-Indo-European

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# cede

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** sid
**IPA (UK):** siːd

## Meanings
1. to give up or surrender, typically by treaty or formal agreement

## Examples
- The defeated nation was forced to cede several provinces.

## Synonyms
- surrender
- yield
- relinquish
- concede
- grant
- renounce
- abdicate

## Antonyms
- retain
- keep
- seize
- hold

## Related Forms
- cession
- concede
- recede
- secede
- accede

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cedere
- Root: *ked-

## Etymology
From Latin cedere ('to go, withdraw, yield'), from Proto-Italic *kesdo-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ked- ('to go, yield').

## AI Etymology
Cede is from Latin cedere ('to go, withdraw, yield'), from Proto-Italic *kesdo-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ked- ('to go, yield'). Important recorded forms include cedere (Latin) and *ked- (Proto-Indo-European). Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers to give up or surrender, typically by treaty or formal agreement. The wider family includes related words such as cession, concede, recede, secede, and accede.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Register & Style

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