Conceed or concede?
Did you mean concede? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: concede. Misspelling: conceed.
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Memory tip
Only exceed, proceed and succeed end in -ceed; concede ends in -cede.
Why people write “conceed”
Only three common English verbs end in -ceed (exceed, proceed, succeed); this word is not one of them, so it ends in -cede.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make concede automatic.
What does “concede” mean?
concede verb
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
“She confessed that she had taken the money”
- be willing to concede
“I grant you this much”
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- acknowledge defeat
“The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Concede” in a sentence
- He had to concede defeat.
- She confessed that she had taken the money.
- I grant you this much.
- The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose.
Is “concede” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“conceed” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CONCEDE.