- 1
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- I have to concede the argument.
- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- 2
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- 3
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground".
- 4
To yield or make concession.
- 5
To have a goal or point scored against
- I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.
- 6
(of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
syn. give up · come around · give way