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verb

concede

CEFR B2

to admit that something is true after first denying or resisting it

In a sentence

Six example sentences with concede, each labelled with its topic.

  • After three recounts the mayor finally conceded that her opponent had won, though she had insisted otherwise for weeks.

    Politics

  • The physicist argued for a decade before conceding that his rival's measurements were right and his own model was flawed.

    Science

  • The coach denied the injury for a month, then conceded that his center had been playing on a torn ligament.

    Basketball

  • Pressed on the third objection, the lecturer conceded that his definition of knowledge could not survive the counterexample.

    Philosophy

  • After months of blaming the market, the founder conceded that customers simply did not want the product.

    Startups

  • Under cross-examination the contractor finally conceded that he had signed the inspection form without visiting the site.

    Law

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