MEANING
To give up territory, authority, or a right to another party.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- cede control
- cede territory
On the page
The agreement required the council to cede control of the port.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- cede
- Past tense
- ceded
- Past participle
- ceded
- Present participle
- ceding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- cede
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ceding
- Present perfect
- have/has ceded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ceding
- Past
- ceded
- Past continuous
- was/were ceding
- Past perfect
- had ceded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ceding
- Future
- will cede
- Future continuous
- will be ceding
- Future perfect
- will have ceded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ceding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: cede; cedes; ceded; ceded; ceding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: cedes.
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