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SECEDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secede mean?
• SECEDE (verb)
The verb SECEDE has 1 sense:
1. withdraw from an organization or communion
Familiarity information: SECEDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: seceded


Past participle: seceded


-ing form: seceding


Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdraw from an organization or communion
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
break away; secede; splinter
Context example:
After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Hypernyms (to "secede" is one way to...):
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
secession (formal separation from an alliance or federation)
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