different between allot vs concede

English

Etymology

From Middle English allotten, from Old French aloter (Modern French allotir). à + lot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophone: a lot

Verb

allot (third-person singular simple present allots, present participle allotting, simple past and past participle allotted)

1. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
2. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

Related terms

• allotment

Translations

Anagrams

• all to, atoll

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?alloh(t)/

Verb

allot

1. first-person plural imperative of ii

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin conced? (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + ced? (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

   I have to concede the argument.

   He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

   Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
4. To yield or make concession.
5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Synonyms

• (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also Thesaurus:surrender
• (in sports): let in
• (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede

Related terms

• concession

Translations

Galician

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of conceder
2. second-person singular imperative of conceder

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of concedere

Latin

Verb

conc?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of conc?d?

Portuguese

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of conceder
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of conceder

Romanian

Etymology

From French concéder.

Verb

a concede (third-person singular present conced, past participle [please provide]) 3rd conj.

1. to concede

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

concede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of conceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of conceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of conceder.