Definition of cede
ceded
;ceding
ceder
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of cede in a Sentence
Russia ceded Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.
she reluctantly ceded her position as leader
Recent Examples of cede from the Web
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Even in the earlier battle for East Mosul, IS fighters ceded one neighbourhood after another, and retreated west over the Tigris and onto Syria.
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The decision to cede ground to Russia on the question of Assad's future comes on the eve of President Donald Trump's first face-to-face meeting next week with President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
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The latent Humberts among us might like those budding hard bodies on the tube, but there seems to be a cost in ceding the cultural landscape to the wrinkle-free.
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But the iPhone's desirability to consumers did play a role here, since carriers were willing to cede control to Apple in order to carry the iPhone.
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Sansa seemed slightly uncomfortable with ceding all the power to Jon in the finale, a feeling that Littlefinger will no doubt attempt to nurture in coming episodes.
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Building a PC box risked ceding the console market — which researcher Newzoo pegs at $34 billion this year — to Sony.
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The close ties between Belgium and the Netherlands meant that a friendly, common-sense solution might actually work: ceding land and redrawing the map.
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Egypt’s parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial deal to cede two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, an agreement backed by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi but widely criticized by people in the North African country.
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Did You Know?
Cede is often a formal term used in discussing territory and rights, but is also used less formally. So, for example, Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S. in 1898, following the Spanish-American War, and the U.S. ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. Critics warn that we are ceding leadership in alternative-energy technology to China. Citizens of one European country or another are always worrying that their own country is ceding too much power to the European Union. A tennis player doesn't have any choice when she cedes her no. 1 ranking to a rival.
Origin and Etymology of cede
borrowed from French or Latin; French céder, borrowed from Latin cēdere “to go, move away, withdraw, yield,” perhaps, if derived from an originally transitive meaning “drive away,” akin to Sanskrit sedhati “(she/he) chases away,” Avestan siiazdat “will chase away”
Other Government and Politics Terms
CEDE Defined for English Language Learners
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: to give control of (something) to another person, group, government, etc.
CEDE Defined for Kids
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ceded
;ceding
: to give up especially by treaty The land was ceded to another country.
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