cede

🇺🇸 /siːd/ 🇬🇧 /siːd/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

To transfer control or authority of something to another, often reluctantly.

The company had to cede control to the new investors.

translation

v. To transfer control or authority of something to another, often reluctantly.

Word Forms

3rd Present cedes
Past ceded
Perfect ceded
Progressive ceding

Synonyms

relinquish v. 放弃 bequeath v. 遗赠, 遗留 abdicate v. 退位, 放弃 alienate v. 使疏远, 使感到被排斥 surrender v. 投降, 交出 resign v. 辞职 donate v. 捐赠, 捐献 lend v. 借出, 贷款, 赋予, 提供 render v. 使成为, 提供, 呈递, 表现, 翻译, 抹灰, 熬油 convey v. 传达, 运送 transfer v. 转移, 调职, 换乘, 传输, 传递, 转让, 转会, 转接 assign v. 分配, 指派, 派遣, 指定, 转让

Antonyms

expropriate v. 征用, 霸占 seize v. 抓住, 占领, 逮捕, 没收, 抓住机会, 侵袭, 卡住, 抽筋 appropriate adj. 合适的 retain v. 保留, 保持, 聘请 claim v. 声称, 索赔, 认领, 吸引, 获得, 夺去 assume v. 假设, 承担, 呈现, 假装 keep v. 保留, 存放, 预留, 保持, 持续, 保密, 遵守, 记录, 饲养, 经营, 供养, 耽搁, 健康, 保鲜, 保护, 守门

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