Cede
verb
To give up power, land, or rights to someone else, especially formally.
The king decided to cede power to his son.
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- cede power
- cede control
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Formal
verb
To admit defeat, or that you have lost.
After hours of debate, he finally ceded the argument.
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- cede the argument
- cede defeat
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Formal
verb
To give something up, typically land or property, in a legal manner.
The treaty required the country to cede all of its northern territory.
Often appears as...
- cede territory
- cede land
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Formal
Technical
verb
To give up power, land, or rights to someone else, especially formally.
The king decided to cede power to his son.
Often appears as...
- cede power
- cede control
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To admit defeat, or that you have lost.
After hours of debate, he finally ceded the argument.
Often appears as...
- cede the argument
- cede defeat
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To give something up, typically land or property, in a legal manner.
The treaty required the country to cede all of its northern territory.
Often appears as...
- cede territory
- cede land
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Usually used in formal statements, like legal documents or serious discussions about authority.
The constitution stipulates that the president may cede power only under specific circumstances.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Transfer
'Cede' implies a complete and often permanent transfer of something, like sovereignty or ownership.
The defeated ruler had to cede his throne and all his lands to the conqueror.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
Unlike 'lend' or 'lease', 'cede' means the transfer is not intended to be temporary.
The country didn't lend the territory but ceded it forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Usually used in formal statements, like legal documents or serious discussions about authority.
The constitution stipulates that the president may cede power only under specific circumstances.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Transfer
'Cede' implies a complete and often permanent transfer of something, like sovereignty or ownership.
The defeated ruler had to cede his throne and all his lands to the conqueror.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
Unlike 'lend' or 'lease', 'cede' means the transfer is not intended to be temporary.
The country didn't lend the territory but ceded it forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Usually used in formal statements, like legal documents or serious discussions about authority.
The constitution stipulates that the president may cede power only under specific circumstances.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Transfer
'Cede' implies a complete and often permanent transfer of something, like sovereignty or ownership.
The defeated ruler had to cede his throne and all his lands to the conqueror.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Temporary
Unlike 'lend' or 'lease', 'cede' means the transfer is not intended to be temporary.
The country didn't lend the territory but ceded it forever.
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Jennifer Golbeck: The...
but if users don't want me to use that data, I think they should have the right to do that. I want users to be informed and consenting users of the tools that we develop. And so I think encouraging this kind of science and supporting researchers who want to cede some of that control back to users and away from the social media companies
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6 big ethical questions...
this is their land, never ceded, always sacred. And I pay my respects to the elders, past and present, of this place. I also acknowledge that we're gathering today in many other places, and I pay my respects to the traditional owners and elders of all those places too. It means a lot to me to get to say those words
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
something they loved or cared about deeply. And now, all my students give passion talks to introduce themselves to the class. I believe that good teachers introduce new thoughts but great teachers introduce new ways of thinking. But it wasn't until I ceded control that I truly understood
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What It Takes to Keep...
klamath ceded nearly 20 million acres of their homeland in exchange for peace money and services the tribes moved on to a reservation and american farmers moved into the territory relinquished by the tribes to further enhance agricultural development u.s bureau of reclamation at
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Dear Facebook, this is...
and hopefully inspire more people to demand this accountability. My message to you is pressure your government representatives to step up and stop ceding our public square to for-profit interests. Help educate your friends and family about how they're being manipulated online.
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Demand a more...
when we start to cede power over the core functions of government spending legislation decision making then we're well on our way to an open government revolution there are many things that we can do to get us there obviously opening up the data is one but the important
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The 4 greatest threats...
where we develop artificial intelligence that surpasses human abilities across the board. If we cede this advantage, we place our future in the hands of the systems we create. Even if created solely with humanity’s best interests in mind,
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How fire shapes...
with the others how are we going to divide three into two and have something left over because if we fail we simply cede the world to fear Oh fire how we cope will depend however not only on our
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Noreena Hertz: How to...
We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence
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How to use experts—and...
become addicted to experts we've become addicted to their certainty their assuredness their definitiveness and in the process we have ceded our responsibility substituting our
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Jennifer Golbeck: The...
but if users don't want me to use that data, I think they should have the right to do that. I want users to be informed and consenting users of the tools that we develop. And so I think encouraging this kind of science and supporting researchers who want to cede some of that control back to users and away from the social media companies
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6 big ethical questions...
this is their land, never ceded, always sacred. And I pay my respects to the elders, past and present, of this place. I also acknowledge that we're gathering today in many other places, and I pay my respects to the traditional owners and elders of all those places too. It means a lot to me to get to say those words
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
something they loved or cared about deeply. And now, all my students give passion talks to introduce themselves to the class. I believe that good teachers introduce new thoughts but great teachers introduce new ways of thinking. But it wasn't until I ceded control that I truly understood
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What It Takes to Keep...
klamath ceded nearly 20 million acres of their homeland in exchange for peace money and services the tribes moved on to a reservation and american farmers moved into the territory relinquished by the tribes to further enhance agricultural development u.s bureau of reclamation at
Video examples
Dear Facebook, this is...
and hopefully inspire more people to demand this accountability. My message to you is pressure your government representatives to step up and stop ceding our public square to for-profit interests. Help educate your friends and family about how they're being manipulated online.
Video examples
Demand a more...
when we start to cede power over the core functions of government spending legislation decision making then we're well on our way to an open government revolution there are many things that we can do to get us there obviously opening up the data is one but the important
Video examples
The 4 greatest threats...
where we develop artificial intelligence that surpasses human abilities across the board. If we cede this advantage, we place our future in the hands of the systems we create. Even if created solely with humanity’s best interests in mind,
Video examples
How fire shapes...
with the others how are we going to divide three into two and have something left over because if we fail we simply cede the world to fear Oh fire how we cope will depend however not only on our
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Noreena Hertz: How to...
We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence
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How to use experts—and...
become addicted to experts we've become addicted to their certainty their assuredness their definitiveness and in the process we have ceded our responsibility substituting our
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.
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Brian Schatz
American Politician
While some members of Congress have attempted to stall progress on climate change, their actions amount to little more than political theater. We will not abandon our responsibility to our children and grandchildren, nor will we cede global leadership on the defining issue of our time.
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Noreena Hertz
English Author
The problem lies with us: we've become addicted to experts. We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence for their supposed words of wisdom.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid so that they can invest in social protection and in the health and education of their people, they cede control to corporate greed.
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Neil Abercrombie
American Politician
A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.
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Thomas Massie
American Politician
I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.
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Rudy Giuliani
American Politician
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
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Bari Weiss
American Editor
Liberals shouldn't cede the responsibility to defend free speech on college campuses to conservatives. After all, without free speech, what's liberalism about?
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Bill Foster
American Politician
If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.
Quote examples
Brian Schatz
American Politician
While some members of Congress have attempted to stall progress on climate change, their actions amount to little more than political theater. We will not abandon our responsibility to our children and grandchildren, nor will we cede global leadership on the defining issue of our time.
Quote examples
Noreena Hertz
English Author
The problem lies with us: we've become addicted to experts. We've become addicted to their certainty, their assuredness, their definitiveness, and in the process, we have ceded our responsibility, substituting our intellect and our intelligence for their supposed words of wisdom.
Quote examples
Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid so that they can invest in social protection and in the health and education of their people, they cede control to corporate greed.
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Neil Abercrombie
American Politician
A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.
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Thomas Massie
American Politician
I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.
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Rudy Giuliani
American Politician
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
Quote examples
Bari Weiss
American Editor
Liberals shouldn't cede the responsibility to defend free speech on college campuses to conservatives. After all, without free speech, what's liberalism about?
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Bill Foster
American Politician
If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation.
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Sitting Bull
Statesman
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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