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cede

See also: cedé, cedě, cedê, cédé, and cède

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Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

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cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

  1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
    Edward decided to cede the province.
    1. (ditransitive) Same as above. [with dative]
      After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
  2. (intransitive) To give way.

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛde
  • Hyphenation: cè‧de

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cede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

Latin

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cēde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēdō

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  • Hyphenation: ce‧de

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cede

  1. inflection of ceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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cede (Cyrillic spelling цеде)

  1. third-person plural present of cediti

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cede

  1. inflection of ceder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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