CEDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cede mean? 

• CEDE (verb)
  The verb CEDE has 2 senses:

1. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

2. relinquish possession or control over

  Familiarity information: CEDE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cede    ... he / she / it cedes   
Past simple: ceded   
Past participle: ceded   
-ing form: ceding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; concede; grant; yield

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relinquish possession or control over

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; deliver; give up; surrender

Context example:

The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

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)