Sentence example with the word 'cede'

cede

abalienate, assign, consign, devolve upon, forgo, give way, lay down, pass over, retract, surrender, vouchsafe

Definition v. give over

Last update: January 30, 2017


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In 1846, Mexico was forced to cede to the United States.   [Please select]

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The Chinese were forced to cede the island to the British in 1842 following their defeat in the First Opium War.   [verb]

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India cannot easily cede the Kashmir territory from the Republic.   [verb]

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The grand monarchs of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had seemed to be free to do this or that, to make war or to keep the peace, to conquer this province or cede that as they willed.   [Please select]

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Under a formal peace treaty signed in 1947, the Finns agreed to cede territory to the then USSR and pay reparation.   [verb]

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You've cut me open and – " "I cede your point," he said, smiling.   [Please select]

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