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concede v. 1 admit, allow, grant, acknowledge, confess, own (up or to
or up to), accept: I conceded that I had no business in the
bank after closing. 2 grant, yield, surrender, cede, give up,
submit, resign, relinquish, abandon, waive: In chess, upon the
loss of a queen, many players will concede. She has conceded
any right to the estate of her uncle.
conceit n. 1 vanity, pride, egotism, self-esteem, self-admiration,
self-love, narcissism, vainglory, amour propre; arrogance: His
conceit is matched only by his incompetence. 2 fancy, whim,
caprice: Some have a conceit their drink tastes better / In an
outlandish cup than their own. 3 elaborate figure (of speech),
affectation, strained or far-fetched metaphor: A conceit would
be calling the waves 'nodding hearse-plumes'.
conceited adj. vain, egotistical, self-centred, egocentric,
self-admiring, narcissistic, prideful, proud, arrogant,
self-involved, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, complacent,
vainglorious, snobbish, Colloq stuck-up; Slang snotty: That
conceited ass really thinks the world of himself.
conceive v. 1 have, bear, beget, sire, father, give birth to; become
pregnant (with): After the twins, they conceived three boys. 2
formulate, devise, plan, contrive, create, plot, hatch, develop,
evolve, fabricate, think or make up, form, frame, design: He
conceived a scheme for swindling that poor woman out of her life
savings. 3 think (up), imagine, speculate (on), perceive, see,
understand, realize, comprehend, envision, envisage, conjure up,
dream up, hypothesize, postulate, posit, suggest, suppose: I
cannot conceive of any reason why she shouldn't be allowed to
take part.
concentrate
v. 1 focus, direct, centre, centralize, converge, consolidate:
The council concentrated its efforts on refurbishing the
schools. 2 condense, reduce, distil, intensify, refine,
strengthen: The sap of the sugar maple is concentrated by
boiling. 3 gather, collect, congregate, draw or bring together,
crowd, cluster, group: Much of the population is concentrated
around the large cities. 4 think, focus one's thoughts or
attention, apply oneself: I cannot concentrate with the radio
on.