accede
verb/əkˈsiːd/
/əkˈsiːd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accede | /əkˈsiːd/ /əkˈsiːd/ |
| he / she / it accedes | /əkˈsiːdz/ /əkˈsiːdz/ |
| past simple acceded | /əkˈsiːdɪd/ /əkˈsiːdɪd/ |
| past participle acceded | /əkˈsiːdɪd/ /əkˈsiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form acceding | /əkˈsiːdɪŋ/ /əkˈsiːdɪŋ/ |
- accede (to something) to agree to a request, proposal, etc.
- He acceded to demands for his resignation.
- Japan had little choice but to accede.
- The Planning Committee has finally acceded to growing pressure.
- accede (to something) to achieve a high position, especially to become king or queen
- Queen Victoria acceded to the throne in 1837.
- accede (to something) to become a member of an organization
- Croatia acceded to the EU in 2013.
see also accession
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.
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