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From Latin cedere (to go, yield, withdraw) and its past participle cessum. One of the most versatile movement roots — proceed (go forward), recede (go back), exceed (go beyond), succeed (go after/achieve), access (a way to go toward), and concede (go along with/yield). The variant cess- appears in nouns: procession, recession, concession.
Associated Words
accede
To agree or consent; to assume an office; to join a treaty
access
To gain or obtain access to; A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage
accessary
A person who assists in a crime; contributing to an offense in a secondary role
accessibility
The quality of being easy to reach or use; usability for people with disabilities
accessible
Easy to reach, use, or understand
accessory
An additional item or fashion complement; a person assisting in a crime
antecede
To come before or precede in time or order
antecedence
The condition of preceding something in time or order
antecedent
Something preceding and influencing what follows; coming before in time
antecessor
A person who precedes another; a predecessor or ancestor
ascending
Moving or increasing upward; sloping upwards
cease
To stop or come to an end
cessation
A stopping or discontinuance of an action or process
cession
The formal transfer of rights, territory, or property to another
concede
To admit something is true; to yield or surrender
concession
The act of yielding; a granted right or privilege
concessionaire
A person or business holding a concession or franchise
concessionary
Relating to concessions or special privileges; a holder of a concession
concessioner
A person who holds or operates a concession
concessions
Acts of yielding; granted rights; food stands at a venue
data-processing
The collection and manipulation of data by computers
due-process
The legal requirement to respect a person's rights under the law
exceed
To be greater than or go beyond a limit or standard
exceedingly
To a very great degree; extremely
excess
An amount beyond what is necessary; more than normal or permitted
excessive
More than what is necessary or reasonable; too much
excessively
To a degree that is more than necessary or reasonable
excessiveness
The quality of being excessive
food-processing
The preparation and treatment of food for consumption
image-processing
The use of computer techniques to analyze or manipulate digital images
inaccessibility
The state of being difficult or impossible to reach or understand
inaccessible
Difficult or impossible to reach or obtain
incessant
Continuing without pause or stop
incessantly
Without stopping or pausing
intercede
To plead on behalf of another; to mediate between parties
intercession
Mediation or prayer on behalf of another person
intercessor
A person who pleads for another or mediates between parties
intercessory
Relating to intercession or pleading for others
limited-access
Restricted in who or what may enter or use something
meat-processing
Industrial preparation of meat products
necessarily
As an unavoidable or logical consequence; inevitably
necessary
required or essential; unavoidable
necessitate
To make something necessary or unavoidable
necessity
The state of being essential; something indispensable
open-access
Free, unrestricted access to information or resources
pre-processing
Preliminary processing done before the main operation
precede
To come before in time, order, or rank
precedent
A past event used as a guide for future situations; occurring before
precedented
Having a prior example or precedent
precedential
Having the force or authority of a precedent
preceding
Coming immediately before in time, place, or order
predecessor
A person or thing that came before another in a role or sequence
procedural
Relating to established procedures; a genre focused on procedural detail
procedurally
In accordance with established procedures
procedure
An established series of steps for carrying out a task
proceed
To move forward or continue with an action or course
proceeding
A course of action or event; legal action; published conference papers
proceedings
Legal actions or official meeting records
proceeds
Money obtained from a sale or event; to continue moving forward
process
a series of steps toward a result; to handle or treat
processed
Treated or prepared through industrial operations
processing
Handling or treating something through a set of procedures, especially data
procession
An orderly, formal line of people or vehicles moving together
processor
A device or person that processes things; a computer's CPU
random-access
Accessible in any order; 随机存取的
recede
To move back or withdraw gradually; to become less intense
recess
A temporary break in activity; a hollow indented space
recession
A period of economic decline; the act of withdrawing
recessionary
Relating to or characteristic of an economic recession
recessive
Receding; (genetics) expressed only when both alleles are identical
secede
To formally withdraw from a political union or organization
secession
Formal withdrawal from a political body or alliance
signal-processing
The analysis and manipulation of signals such as sound or data
succeed
To achieve a goal; to take over from someone
success
the achievement of one's aim or goal
successful
having achieved one's goal; marked by success
successfully
In a way that achieves the desired result
succession
A series following in order; the process of inheriting a title or office
successional
Of or relating to succession; occurring in consecutive order
successive
Following one after another in sequence
successively
One after another in consecutive order
successor
A person who takes over a role or title from another
supercede
Alternative spelling of supersede: to replace something previously in use
transcendent
Surpassing ordinary limits; exceptionally excellent
unnecessarily
In a way that is not needed
unnecessary
Not needed or required; superfluous; 不必要的,多余的
unprecedented
Never having happened before; without precedent; 史无前例的,空前的
unprecedentedly
In a way never seen or done before
unprocessed
Not treated or altered from its natural state
unsuccessful
Having failed to achieve a goal
unsuccessfully
Without achieving the desired result
wheelchair-accessible
Designed to allow use by people in wheelchairs
word-processor
A program or device for writing and editing text documents