seceding
present participle ofsecede
secede
verb[I]
formaluk/sɪˈsiːd/us/sɪˈsiːd/tobecomeindependentof acountryorareaofgovernment:
There islikelyto becivilwarif theregiontriesto secedefromthesouth.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- the Raj
Examplesofseceding
seceding
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Nations have indeed used force to prevent the people fromseceding.
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Thesecedingbodies have stated that their decision is irrevocable.
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If they disagree, they may considersecedingfrom the passenger transport authority.
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At any moment that may present us withsecedingrepublics and with a possible attempt to suppress secession by force.
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They object when that takes the form of organised groupssecedingand seeking to destabilise existing collective bargaining procedures.
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The question of the districtssecedingfrom the present arrangements is very important.
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Thesecedingflat owners will not wish to reach a new agreement with those left behind if, following enfranchisement, they wish to have their own independent systems.
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They are at first slightly decurrent, oftenseceding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As his term came to an end, southern states had begunsecedingfrom the union.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was reported thatsecedingcongregations had a combined annual income of 1 million.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We have imposed high duties on our commerce at the very moment thesecedingstates are inviting commerce to their ports by low duties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.State militias in thesecedingstates occupied federal forts and confiscated the contents of federal arsenals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The gills are adnexed or sinuate,secedingin maturity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The gills have an adnate or adnexed attachment to the stem, which later becomesseceding(pulled away from the stem).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Somesecedingsouthern states incorporated the motif of a white star on a blue field into new state flags.
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- finish-sth-off
- finish (sth) up
- finish-sth-up
- finish up
- finish-up
- finish-with
- finish with sb
- finish-with-sb
- finish with something
- finish with sth
- finish-with-sth
- finite
- finite amount
- finite capacity
- Finite Capacity Scheduling
- finite-capacity-scheduling
- finite dimension
- finite element
- finite element analysis
- finite element method
- finite-element-method
- finite limit
- finitely
- finitely generated
- finitely-generated