The meaning of Cede

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

verb

Leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

Usage examples:

He bequeathed his art collection to the town

verb

To give money or property to others after your death

Usage examples:

Her father bequeathed the business to her.

verb

To arrange for your money or property to be given to someone after your death

Usage examples:

Bequeath sb sth her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will., bequeath sth to sb picas…

verb

Admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.

Usage examples:

I had to concede that i'd overreacted

Give over

verb

To admit that something is true, or to allow something

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] officials concede (that) the plan isn’t the best one., [ i/t ] she conceded (th…

verb

Go without (something desirable).

Usage examples:

She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

verb

To give up or do without

Usage examples:

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

verb

Abandon or leave.

Usage examples:

He would never forsake tara

verb

To leave forever or to give up completely

Usage examples:

I thought she might forsake ballet in favor of irish dancing.

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

verb

To give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act

Usage examples:

She was granted american citizenship., [ + (that) clause ] i grant you (that) it must have been ups…

phrasal verb

To surrender someone or something to another

phrasal verb

To give something to someone, esp. after being asked or told to do this

Usage examples:

Tighter sanctions will be sought unless the suspects are handed over by the end of february.

phrasal verb

To give someone else control of or responsibility for something

Usage examples:

To hand over control/power/responsibility, hand sth over to sb the founder handed the company over …

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Usage examples:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).

Usage examples:

The excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted

noun

The task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization.

Usage examples:

The committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit

verb

To send money to someone

Usage examples:

Please remit payment by the 15th of the month.

verb

Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

Usage examples:

Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the french crown

verb

To say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house., gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

Voluntarily leave a job or office.

Usage examples:

He resigned from the company in protest of the treatment of his co-workers

verb

Accept as inevitable

noun

An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.

Usage examples:

They offer sacrifices to the spirits

verb

Offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.

Usage examples:

The goat was sacrificed at the shrine

verb

To give up something for something else considered more important

Usage examples:

He sacrificed his vacations to work on his book., [ u ] animal/ritual sacrifice, [ c ] my parents m…

verb

Stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.

Usage examples:

Over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities

noun

The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence.

Usage examples:

The final surrender of germany on 8 may 1945

verb

Relinquish possession or control over

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

verb

Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim).

Usage examples:

He will waive all rights to the money

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

noun

An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.

Usage examples:

The milk yield was poor

verb

Give or supply