Thursday, October 4, 2012

concede

(v.): to admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

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  1. I will have to concede failure for this round of chess.

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  2. He conceded defeat after losing a third round of rock-paper-scissors.

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  3. He finally conceded his mistake about the Aegean civilization after watching the long factual documentary about the start of ancient Greece.

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  4. I'd rather concede my mistakes than lie about it.

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  5. With a pile of evidence on the police desk, the suspect finally conceded that he was the one who stole the jewelry.

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  6. I did it and I will concede, because I don't want to lie.

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  7. The senator finally concede that he took the bribe.

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  8. I will not concede failure in a game until I have lost.

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  9. The thief finally conceded after hours of questioning.

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  10. The boy conceded his mistakes after his dad had a man to man talk with him.

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  11. Some people just won't ever concede that they've done something wrong, even with several evidences in front of him or her.

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    1. Evidence is uncountable: "several pieces of evidence"

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  12. synonym: admit
    Admit is a synonym because it means to allow or concede as valid.

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  13. Injury forced Hicks to concede he lost the game.

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    1. Injury forced him to concede that he couldn't win the game.

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  14. She conceded to cheating on him, after many incriminating pictures of her with another guy.

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  15. After her queen was captured, the chess player conceded the game to her opponent.

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  16. He finally conceded to cheating on the test after being berated about his academic integrity.

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  17. Rather than conceding to murdering his father, he immediately killed himself after the police found him in his rent house.

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  18. Sentence: Countries would have to concede when they are forced to recognize states that were once part of them.

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  19. Many arabian countries today still refused to concede to the recognition of Isarael as an official countries.

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    1. "Arabian" and "Israel as an official country."

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