Betydelse av cede på svenska

• 0 to allow someone else to have or own something, especially unwillingly or because you are forced to do so:

  • Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the Opium War.

• 1 to give control or possession of something, esp. land to someone else, often unwillingly or because forced to do so:

  • New Orleans was ceded to Spain in 1763.

• 2 to give something such as control, power, or a right to someone else, especially unwillingly:

  • She says that she is finally learning to delegate, though she's still reluctant to cede control.

  • cede sth to sb The United States has already ceded its dominance of mass production manufacturing to low-wage countries.