MEANING
1. To give agreement to a demand, request, or proposal.
2. To come into a position of authority or formally join an agreement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- accede to a request
- accede to terms
On the page
He acceded to the request only after reading the final clause.
She would not accede to terms that silenced the witnesses.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- accede
- Past tense
- acceded
- Past participle
- acceded
- Present participle
- acceding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accede
- Present continuous
- am/is/are acceding
- Present perfect
- have/has acceded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been acceding
- Past
- acceded
- Past continuous
- was/were acceding
- Past perfect
- had acceded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been acceding
- Future
- will accede
- Future continuous
- will be acceding
- Future perfect
- will have acceded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been acceding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: accede; accedes; acceded; acceded; acceding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: accedes.
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