Word

concede, v.
(conceded, concedes, conceding)
freq. cnt. 20

admit (to a wrongdoing)
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

concede confess profess

sample sentences

"She confessed that she had taken the money"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

confession confession confessor

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

profession

semantic pointers

hypernym

admit, acknowledge

hyponym

make a clean breast of, own up, fess up

be willing to concede
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

concede grant yield

sample sentences

"I grant you this much"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

concessive conceding concession

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

yielding

semantic pointers

hypernym

agree, concur, hold, concord

hyponym

forgive

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

cede concede grant yield