different between gainsay vs concede

English

Etymology

From Middle English gainsayen, ?einseggen (“to say against, say in opposition to”), equivalent to gain- +? say. Compare Old Danish gensige (“to speak against; gainsay”), Swedish gensaga (“a speaking against; protest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?n?se?/
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /??e?n?se?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

gainsay (third-person singular simple present gainsays, present participle gainsaying, simple past and past participle gainsaid)

1. (transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.

   Synonyms: controvert, deny, dispute, refute, withsay

Derived terms

• gainsayer
• gainsaying

Translations

Anagrams

• angiyas, gaysian

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.