- 1accede (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.
- 2accede (to something) to achieve a high position, especially to become king or queen Queen Victoria acceded to the throne in 1837. see also accession Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’. Wordfinderkingabdicate, accede, crown, king, government, monarch, throne, reign, royal, succession
accede
verbBrE BrE//əkˈsiːd//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːd//
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they accede BrE BrE//əkˈsiːd//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːd//
he / she / it accedes BrE BrE//əkˈsiːdz//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːdz//
past simple acceded BrE BrE//əkˈsiːdɪd//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːdɪd//
past participle acceded BrE BrE//əkˈsiːdɪd//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːdɪd//
-ing form acceding BrE BrE//əkˈsiːdɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//əkˈsiːdɪŋ//
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