English-Thai Dictionary

concessive

ADJ ที่ ยอมให้  ที่ อ่อนข้อ ให้  conceding ti-yom-hai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCESSIVE

a.Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction.

 

CONCESSIVELY

adv. By way of concession or yielding; by way of admitting what may be disputable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONCESSIVE

Con *ces "sive, a. Etym: [L. concessivus.]

 

Defn: Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.

 

CONCESSIVELY

CONCESSIVELY Con *ces "sive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of concession.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

concessive

con ces sive |kənˈsesiv kənˈsɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 characterized by, or tending to concession: we must look for a more concessive approach. 2 Grammar (of a preposition or conjunction ) introducing a phrase or clause denoting a circumstance that might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g., in spite of, although ). • (of a phrase or clause ) introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction. ORIGIN early 18th cent. ( sense 2 ): from late Latin concessivus, from concess- ‘withdrawn, yielded ’ (see concession ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

concessive

con |ces ¦sive |kənˈsɛsɪv | ▶adjective 1 characterized by or tending to concession: we must look for a more concessive approach. 2 Grammar (of a preposition or conjunction ) introducing a phrase or clause denoting a circumstance which might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g. in spite of, although ). • (of a phrase or clause ) introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

concessive

con ces sive /kənsésɪv /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 譲歩的な .2 〘文法 〙譲歩を表す, 譲歩の 〈節 語 用法など 〉.～́ cl à use 譲歩 (を表す )節 〘although, thoughなどで始まる従属節 〙.