secede
/sɪˈsid/sih-SEED
/sɪˈsid/sih-SEED
Meaningto go apart
Common meaning: to withdraw from a union
- seapart, aside
- cedeto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
‘apart, aside’ + ‘to go, move away’ → secede
Journey through time
- Latinsecedere‘to go apart’source
- Englishsecede‘to withdraw from a union’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin cēdō ‘to go, move away’.
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app