ACCEDES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

accedes

verb

present tense third-person singular of accede

as in agrees

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project

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Ruhil Badiani, general practitioner at Cornerstone Clinic, agrees.

— Nadine El Chaer, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Abrams plays a bumbling medical courier who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, but agrees to one last delivery before heading home.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of agrees

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Under Massachusetts law, Sullivan can encourage the jury to go back to the jury room, but not more than twice unless the jury consents to it.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
No one specifically consents to be included in them, but people have no choice.

— Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of consents

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But, after a little insistence that anything is possible if given enough time, Meloni acquiesces.

— Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Given no choice, María Ángeles acquiesces to her daughter’s wishes and moves into the seniors’ home, where a hilarious exchange with a hairdresser wanting to chop off her long silver tresses typifies her iron-willed refusal to settle in.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025

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