How to spell concede
concede
Concede is spelled C-O-N-C-E-D-E.
Not conceed.
Why is concede easy to misspell?
The word concede ends -cede, and the misspelling conceed gives it the -ceed of proceed. Concede takes the ending most of the family takes; only three common words end -ceed.
This is one of the few endings English settles outright. Only exceed, proceed and succeed take -ceed, and only supersede takes -sede; everything else is -cede.
What does concede mean?
verb. To admit that something is true or valid after denying it, or to surrender.
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