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How to pronounce ceding in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cession
Type of relinquishing, relinquishment
Has types ceding back, recession

Examples of ceding

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There was a lot of talk about God's blueprint, about ceding control to his will.
From the newsobserver.com
Can Rick Wagoner, after ceding the technology lead to Toyota, redeem his company?
From the businessweek.com
Males who hunt risk ceding their access to oestrous females to other chimpanzees.
From the newscientist.com
And where does the question of Britain ceding control to France or Germany arise?
From the economist.com
The filmmakers say that's a boilerplate message, and aren't ceding any ground.
From the online.wsj.com
The court tried to come right down the middle, ceding arguments to both religions.
From the time.com
Page took over as CEO in April after ceding the role to Eric Schmidt a decade ago.
From the forbes.com
The treaty ceding Carpathian Ruthenia to the Soviet Union was signed in June 1945.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But the shot disparity suggests the Rangers are ceding possession of the puck.
From the slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com
More examples
  • Concede: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • Surrender: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
  • (ceding) cession: the act of ceding
  • The act of Cession, or to cede, is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land transferred by treaty. Ballentine's Law Dictionary defines cession as "a surrender; a yielding; a giving up. ...
  • The committed effective dose equivalent or CEDE is an estimate of the radiation dose to a person resulting from inhalation or ingestion of a given amount of radioactive substance. The CEDE is expressed in rem or sieverts (Sv). ...
  • (Cedes) The ruins of the ancient Canaanite village of Kedesh are located within the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border.Negev and Gibson, 2005, p. 278.
  • To give up, give way, give away
  • The transfer of all or part of a risk written by an insurer to a reinsurer.
  • To transfer a risk exposure under a reinsurance contract.