secede

verb

🔊/sɪˈsiːd/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they secede	🔊/sɪˈsiːd/ 🔊/sɪˈsiːd/
he / she / it secedes	🔊/sɪˈsiːdz/ 🔊/sɪˈsiːdz/
past simple seceded	🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪd/
past participle seceded	🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪd/
-ing form seceding	🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ 🔊/sɪˈsiːdɪŋ/

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secede (from something) (of a state, country, etc.州、邦、国家等) to officially leave a larger state or organization of states and become independent退出，脱离（组织等）
- The Republic of Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903.巴拿马共和国于 1903 年脱离哥伦比亚。🔊🔊
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin secedere, from se- ‘apart’ + cedere ‘go’.