cede

Verb

Meaning

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yield surrender concede transfer grant deliver submit renounce relinquish waive forsake abandon give up abdicate hand over
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Antonyms

bud have control own take court
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Hypernyms

present give gift

Hyponyms

sell sign over sign away yield up

Related terms

exceed succeed proceed precede concede secede

Phrases with the word

cede leadership cede ownership cede control

Derivatives

ceded ceding

Anagrams

dece

Examples

The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in Source: Internet

Amendment to Bill 40 means service centres can ask municipalities to cede property for free for the “purposes of construction or expansion of a school or education centre.” Source: Internet

Although Laurier had clearly won the election on June 24, Tupper initially refused to cede power, insisting that Laurier would be unable to form a government despite the Liberal Party's having won 55% of the seats in the House of Commons. Source: Internet

All of the members of the Confederacy, except the Oneida, allied with the British during the Revolutionary War, and were forced to cede their land after the war. Source: Internet

As early as 1866, the Osages were forced to cede tracts at the eastern and northern edges of the reservation. Source: Internet

After the conquest of Finland by Russian armies in 1808 Sweden had to cede Finland to Russia in 1809 (the Treaty of Fredrikshamn ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cedarwood cedary cedazuridine cede control cede leadership cede ownership