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conceded
[ kuhn-see-did ]
adjective
- allowed or admitted as true, proper, just, etc.:
A professional liar, when cornered, will strategically acknowledge a point without giving up the debate; those conceded points should form the basis of your response.
- acknowledged without or before being officially confirmed:
That argument did not set a legal precedent, because it was a conceded point and not a legally established one.
In golf, a conceded putt is one your opponent gives you, without you completing the shot.
- granted or yielded in a negotiation:
Later that year, the oil company returned with security guards to install its equipment on the conceded territory.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of concede ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- Dz··· adverb
- ܲ·Dz·· adjective
- ɱ-Dz·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conceded1
Example Sentences
PNM leader Keith Rowley conceded defeat late on Monday, saying that it had not been a good night for his party and that it was clear that it had lost the election.
Having conceded seven first-half tries, whatever was said at the interval had little effect as they let in six more after the break.
We conceded three of the four tries with 14 men.
The council conceded that they had a legal obligation to provide male and female facilities at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
But at the Court of Session in Edinburgh the council conceded that they had a legal obligation to provide male and female facilities.
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