(v. t.) To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Labour and, sotto voce, some Lib Dems, counter that Clegg did not need to cede this much ground – there is no clear evidence that the markets will impose higher interest rates if the deficit is not tackled more quickly than Labour planned.
(2) It’s impossible to automate fully the process of separating truth from falsehood, and it’s dubious to cede such control to for-profit media giants.
(3) The Hashd al-Shaabi, a conglomerate of primarily Shia militias that has played a key role in ousting Isis from cities such as Tikrit, appeared to take a backseat in the liberation of Ramadi, ceding the task primarily to the Iraqi elite counter-terrorism force, local police, the Iraqi army and a small group of Sunni tribesmen, backed by US-led airstrikes.
(4) Cadbury became the world's largest confectionery company in 2003 after buying up a number of gum brands, including Trident and Stride, but ceded the number one spot to Mars when it took over gum maker Wrigley last year.
(5) In short, a durable, successful currency union requires some ceding of national sovereignty."
(6) In his interview, Burnham made clear his frustration that Labour had ceded economic credibility to the Tories after allowing the deficit to “get too high” in 2004-05.
(7) That is not what we heard in response.” Activists with Black Lives Matter have disrupted Democratic campaign events before, most recently when presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ceded the microphone to protests in Seattle before eventually walking off the stage.
(8) Fitch also raised concerns that it could lose customers after the intervention of hedge funds, which are forcing the mutual Co-op Group of funeral homes, supermarkets and pharmacies to cede control of the bank.
(9) On Monday, after months of intense talks with two US hedge funds, the Co-op Group – which also owns pharmacies, grocers and funeral homes – was forced to cede majority control of its bank as part of its battle to plug a £1.5bn capital shortfall and stave off nationalisation.
(10) Robert Lewandowski takes Bayern Munich eight clear with win over Köln Read more After Griezmann curled his free-kick over the wall and just inside the post, the 2014 champions were content to cede Sporting the ball and lock down their defence.
(11) IoT devices offer new ways for us to take control of our lives, but also paradoxically cede that same control.
(12) Gbagbo's refusal to cede power after losing a November poll sent the west African country into a spiral of violence.
(13) He had started just before noon on Wednesday; he finally finished speaking and ceded the floor at about 12.40am local time.
(14) Israeli peace activists say the intention is to solidify Israel's claim to all of Jerusalem and to minimise the amount of the city ceded to an independent Palestine.
(15) While liberals ceded ground, the NRA and its allies have expanded gun rights in almost every sphere.
(16) This requires, however, that privileged voices step down to make way for minorities, ceding positions of authority and power.
(17) When neighbourhood services fail national politicians still get the blame, which makes them reluctant to cede control, especially financial control.
(18) While the UK government proposed maintaining administration but transferring sovereignty to China, this idea and any other plan that did not cede full control to Beijing, was rejected.
(19) They are also expected to lose more than 300 councillors in England – and fear as many as 600 losses – ceding control of almost every council they are defending.
(20) Although the US state department said it was "encouraged" that Saleh had ceded negotiating authority to his deputy, there is as yet no sign that either the US or the Saudis are ready or willing to force his departure from the scene.
Secede
Definition:
(v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.
Example Sentences:
(1) The charities often secede from the deal later on, either because they don't get any referrals or because they're only given the "hard-to-reach" cases ( 15 charities pulled out of the work programme in the second half of last year for these reasons).
(2) Meanwhile, we are all too ready to see the faults of democracy, from an MP taking time out in the jungle to American states vowing to secede.
(3) It mostly conceded, though, that there was a sincere social experiment at the heart of it, a pressing need to secede from the straight world.
(4) Following the presidential election, more than 30 states created petitions to secede from the union – an almost impossible task.
(5) A Virginia resident since 1973, Miroy said: "If Virginia seceded tonight I'd be back here tomorrow with a gray uniform on."
(6) Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy , has rejected a request by the leader of Catalonia to approve a referendum that would allow the north-eastern region to decide whether to secede from the rest of the country.
(7) And the US, which pressed Khartoum hard to honour the 2005 comprehensive peace agreement and allow the south the secede, has cynically withheld previously dangled rewards, failing to lift economic sanctions and provide debt relief.
(8) The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, disputed the legitimacy of Sunday’s referendum in which Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine .
(9) Days after the killing, images emerged of him posing next to a Confederate flag, a symbol of the part of the United States that seceded in response to the Union’s decision to make slavery illegal.
(10) José Manuel Lara, head of the Barcelona-based publishing group Planeta, threatened to move what is the world's sixth-largest publisher away from Catalonia if the region secedes from Spain.
(11) Jonathan said Boko Haram presents Nigeria's greatest security challenge since the 1967 Biafra civil war, when a three-year campaign by the Igbo people to secede from the country's 150 other tribes left a million dead.
(12) Catalan pro-independence campaigners, who are planning to rally in front of the regional parliament on Friday afternoon in support of the law, say the anti-independence vote in Scotland will have little effect on their push to secede from Spain.
(13) The referendum can have only one outcome: a vote to secede from Ukraine.
(14) London, the most global city in the world, would be more likely to secede from Ukip-land than accept Britain leaving Europe.
(15) Here’s a round-up of the latest developments: • The Russian president has has approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea following a referendum in the peninsula that overwhelmingly supported seceding from Ukraine.
(16) The country they love no longer exists, except in Ealing comedies – my favourite one of which is Passport to Pimlico (1949), in which plucky Londoners paradoxically demonstrate their Britishness by seceding from the British state.
(17) If you think inequality is a problem now, imagine a world where the rich can get richer all by themselves Meanwhile, robotic capital would enable elites to completely secede from society.
(18) His country is now in desperate economic trouble, however, after the oil-rich south seceded in 2011, and Bashir is wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court.
(19) José Manuel Lara, head of the Barcelona-based publishing group Planeta, threatened to move what is the world's sixth-largest publisher away from Catalonia if the region should secede from Spain.
(20) Perth’s outer suburbs are even more parochial than the rest of WA, a state so self-contained that it regularly threatens to secede.