cede
IPA: sˈid
verb
- (transitive) To give up; yield to another.
- (intransitive) To give way.
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Examples of "cede" in Sentences
- That is one that I will not cede.
- The Vikings ceded the title Scotland.
- The fact that it was ceded in perpetuity is important.
- The government of Czechoslovakia agreed to cede the territory.
- The Austrians were reluctant to cede the designated territories.
- Cession, or to cede, is the assignment of property to another entity.
- By the terms of the treaty, Norway was to be ceded to the king of Sweden.
- As the new kid here I will gladly cede the point if that's the consensus.
- Arbitration by the Great Powers in 1831 ceded the city to the Netherlands.
- During the stagnation period, much territory in the Balkans was ceded to Austria.
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