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(cede) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to give up control or possession of something.

Example Sentence

The general will cede the battle to the enemy.

More Example Sentences

They decided to cede land for peace.

Synonyms

surrender; yield; relinquish

Antonyms

retain; keep; hold

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Rhymes

  • bead
  • bede
  • beede
  • bleed
  • brede
  • breed
  • cede
  • creed
  • dede
  • deed
  • diede
  • eade
  • ede
  • fede
  • feed
  • frede
  • freed
  • freid
  • fried
  • friede
  • gaede
  • grede
  • greed
  • he'd
  • heed
  • keyed
  • knead
  • kneed
  • lead
  • leed
  • mead
  • meade
  • nead
  • need
  • nied
  • peed
  • plead
  • read
  • reed
  • reid
  • ried
  • riede
  • schmead
  • schwede
  • screed
  • seed
  • she'd
  • skied
  • smead
  • snead
  • sneed
  • speed
  • steed
  • streed
  • swede
  • teed
  • thede
  • thiede
  • tiede
  • tweed
  • we'd
  • weed
  • wied
  • wrede

  • accede
  • agreed
  • aidid
  • concede
  • decreed
  • degreed
  • elide
  • exceed
  • gilead
  • hadid
  • hamid
  • impede
  • indeed
  • laclede
  • lipide
  • misdeed
  • mislead
  • misread
  • omead
  • precede
  • proceed
  • rasheed
  • rashid
  • recede
  • reread
  • reseed
  • saeed
  • secede
  • shaheed
  • stampede
  • succeed
  • vahid
  • wahid
  • waleed
  • walid

  • alwaleed
  • aristede
  • aristide
  • disagreed
  • guaranteed
  • intercede
  • overfeed
  • supersede
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