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accede

UK/əkˈsiːd/US/əkˈsiːd/
verbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,403 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: acceded, acceding, accedes

To accede is to agree to a request, or to take up high office. Accede to the demands, acceded to the throne, accede to the treaty.

It always takes to and is formal in every use. Acceding to a treaty means joining one already made by others, and acceding to the throne is the moment a monarch begins to reign, which is before any coronation.

Definitions of accede

  1. 1verbaccedeTo agree to a request, or to take up high office.C1

    “After weeks of strikes, the company finally acceded to the workers' demands.”

accede is an agreeing.

Where it comes from

Latin accedere means to approach, from ad plus cedere, to go.

  1. Latin

    accēdō — approach, accede

  2. Middle English

    acceden

  3. English, today

    accede

Built from

  • ad · Latin — to, toward, at
  • cēdō · Latin — move, yield

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

accede in the wild

  • After 1947, all of the states chose to accede to the Dominion of India, except Bahawalpur, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan.

    Punjab States Agency

  • The European Union's (EU) Treaty of Lisbon, in force since 1 December 2009, requires the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

    European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights

  • Article 6 of the consolidated Treaty on European Union states "The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

    European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights

  • Should Turkey, which is a candidate for EU membership, accede to the EU, Iraq will be a border neighbor with the European Union.

    Iraq–Turkey border

  • Should Turkey, candidate for EU membership, accede to the EU, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is part of Azerbaijan, will be a border neighbor with the European Union.

    Azerbaijan–Turkey border

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the cēdō family

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