ceder — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
- bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
- cede verb To formally give up land, rights, or power to someone else.
- compromise noun An agreement reached when each side gives up part of what it wants.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- convey verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
- fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- give verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
- indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
- relent verb To finally agree to something after initially refusing, or to become less harsh.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
- succumb verb To give in to something overpowering, such as pressure, temptation, or illness.
- yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
Senses
ceder is used for these senses in English:
- assign (transitive, legal) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- cave in (figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.
- cede (transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
- compromise To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- convey (legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
- fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
assign — full definition
- verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
- verb To transfer property, a right, or a value to someone or something else.
bequeath — full definition
- verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
- verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.