concede
/kənˈsiːd/
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
kən - ˈsiːd -> concede
(v) (ဟုတ်ကြောင်း၊ သင့်ကြောင်း) ဝန်ခံသည်။ ပေးလိုက်ရသည်။ လက်လွှတ် ရသည်။ အရေး နိမ့်ကြောင်းဝန်ခံသည်။
၁။ ~ sth (to sb)
(ဟုတ်ကြောင်း၊ သင့်ကြောင်း) ဝန်ခံသည်။
concede a point to sb in an argument ❍ She grudgingly had to concede defeat (ie admit that she had lost). ❍ ‘OK, I might have been wrong,’ he conceded. ❍ I was forced to concede that she might be right. ❍ I concede you that point, but it doesn't disprove my argument.
၂။ ~ sth (to sb)
ပေးလိုက်ရသည်။ လက်လွှတ် ရသည်။
We must not concede any of our territory (ie allow another country to have it). ❍ England conceded a goal to their opponents in the first minute.
၃။ အရေး နိမ့်ကြောင်းဝန်ခံသည်။
After losing her queen she was forced to concede (the game). See also CONCESSION ၁
- ‘All right, ’ Matt conceded, ‘I probably made a mistake.’
- [concede that] : Myers was forced to concede that competition had badly affected profits.
- Holyfield had to concede in the ninth round due to a head injury.
- [concede defeat] : Despite the result, he refuses to concede defeat.
- The BBC will have to concede some of its broadcasting rights for sporting events.
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