different between give_up vs cede

English

Verb

give up (third-person singular simple present gives up, present participle giving up, simple past gave up, past participle given up)

1. (transitive) To surrender (someone or something)

   Synonyms: surrender, yield

2. (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)

   Synonyms: blin, cease, discontinue

3. (transitive) To relinquish (something)

   Synonyms: forlend, surrender, yield

4. (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)

5. (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)

   Synonyms: desert, forlet, forsake

6. (intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate

   Synonyms: capitulate, surrender, wave the white flag

7. Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, &c.
   • 1800s Mary Woody A True Account of Nayomy Wise

     She seems give up to sin
     Too much neglecting grace within

8. (finance, transitive) To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.

Derived terms

• don't give up your day job

Translations

Anagrams

• upgive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin c?d? (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yesd?- (“to drive away; to go away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d
• Homophones: sede, seed

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.

2. (intransitive) To give way.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cede the field

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• dece

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???.de/
• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

cede

1. third-person singular present indicative of cedere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.de/, [?ke?d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.de/, [?t????d??]

Verb

c?de

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ce?de

Verb

cede

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

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

cede (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of cediti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??ede/, [??e.ð?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sede/, [?se.ð?e]
• Homophone: sede (Latin America)

Verb

cede

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