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(ced-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. giving up control or ownership of something.

Example Sentence

The country was ceding control of the disputed territory as part of the peace agreement.

More Example Sentences

The country is ceding land to neighbors.

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Rhymes

  • bleeding
  • breeding
  • ceding
  • feeding
  • heeding
  • kneading
  • leading
  • needing
  • pleading
  • reading
  • reding
  • seeding
  • speeding
  • weeding

  • acceding
  • conceding
  • exceeding
  • impeding
  • inbreeding
  • misleading
  • misreading
  • preceding
  • preceeding
  • proceeding
  • receding
  • rereading
  • seceding
  • stampeding
  • succeeding

  • interceding
  • superseding
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