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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- concessive [kən'sεsɪv]
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1.
adj
implying or involving concession; tending to concede
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2.
adj
[grammar]
a conjunction, preposition, phrase, or clause describing a state of affairs that might have been expected to rule out what is described in the main clause but in fact does not
- ``Although'' in the sentence ``Although they had been warned, they refused to take care'' is a concessive conjunction
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adj
[Etymology]
C18: from Late Latin conc
e ssi vus, from Latin conce dere toconcede
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1.
adj
implying or involving concession; tending to concede
Examples
- Though is a concessive conjunction.
- though 是让步连接词。 → concessive
- ``Although'' in the sentence ``Although they had been warned, they refused to take care'' is a concessive conjunction → concessive
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