word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/concede.json

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{
    "term": "concede",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "concede",
            "heSheIt": "concedes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "conceded",
        "pastParticiple": "conceded",
        "ingForm": "conceding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to admit that something is true, logical, etc. after first denying it or resisting it",
            "sensetop": "+ speechconcede (that)…concede somethingconcede something to somebodyconcede somebody somethingit is conceded that…",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Not bad,’ she conceded grudgingly.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was forced to concede (that) there might be difficulties.",
                    "contextForm": "concede (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to concede the logic of this.",
                    "contextForm": "concede something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reluctantly **conceded the point** to me.",
                    "contextForm": "concede something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reluctantly conceded me the point.",
                    "contextForm": "concede somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It must be conceded that** different judges have different approaches to these cases.",
                    "contextForm": "it is conceded that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reluctantly conceded that he was not fit enough to play in the match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was not prepared to concede that he had acted illegally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She readily concedes that there is much work still to be done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company seems to be implicitly conceding that sales have been poor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "readily"],
                "verb + concede": ["be forced to", "be prepared to", "be willing to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to admit that you have lost a game, an election, etc.",
            "sensetop": "concede (defeat)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After losing this decisive battle, the general was forced to concede."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Injury forced Hicks to concede defeat."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "readily"],
                "verb + concede": ["be forced to", "be prepared to", "be willing to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to give something away, especially unwillingly; to allow somebody to have something",
            "sensetop": "concede something (to somebody)concede somebody something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The president was obliged to concede power to the army.",
                    "contextForm": "concede something (to somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "England conceded a goal immediately after half-time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Women were only conceded full voting rights in the 1950s.",
                    "contextForm": "concede somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm should concede a significant salary increase to its employees."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "readily"],
                "verb + concede": ["be forced to", "be prepared to", "be willing to"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconcede__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconcedes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconceded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconceding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconcede__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconcedes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconceded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/concede/xconceding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from French concéder or Latin concedere, from con- ‘completely’ + cedere ‘yield’."
}