Definition of "concede"

concede

/kənˈsiːd/

verb
third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded
1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge.
  Quotations
  Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its flagship £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan "will actually work on the ground".
  2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 10
4. To yield or make concession.
5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
  Quotations
  The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.
  2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎
6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.