Explore Secede through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like splinter or separate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Secede meaning
- To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
- To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
Using Secede
- The main meaning on this page is: To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. | To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
- Useful related words include: splinter, break away, separate, part.
- In the example corpus, secede often appears in combinations such as: to secede, secede from, secede and.
Context around Secede
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Secede
- In this selection, "secede" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, now, buchanan and zambezi stand out and add context to how "secede" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include right to secede and alaska should secede from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "secede" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with secede
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The constitution gives the regions the right to secede. (9 words)
Of course, it is not at all sure that everyone will secede! (12 words)
Kenney says a recent poll suggests half of Albertans are prepared to secede from Canada. (15 words)
Given that self-described had provided the muscle behind the coup and that the new regime was explicitly anti-Russian – going so far as to ban Russian from public discourse – the persecuted residents of the Donbas had every right to secede. (41 words)
After a war in the late 1980s and early 90s, when the region’s majority Armenian population sought to secede from the newly independent country of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh was hotly contested by the two former Soviet republics. (38 words)
So for example, Chesterton as an historian agreed that the British American Colonies could and should secede and self-govern, and in his own day he had strong sympathies with the Southern Irish cause. (34 words)
Of course, it is not at all sure that everyone will secede! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Serbian Assembly declared "sovereignty and autonomy of the Serb people in Croatia". citation Their position was that if Croatia could secede from Yugoslavia, then the Serbs could secede from Croatia.
After a war in the late 1980s and early 90s, when the region’s majority Armenian population sought to secede from the newly independent country of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh was hotly contested by the two former Soviet republics.
Given that self-described had provided the muscle behind the coup and that the new regime was explicitly anti-Russian – going so far as to ban Russian from public discourse – the persecuted residents of the Donbas had every right to secede.
It joined the list of to secede from the Commonwealth and as with most others, the move stemmed from a dispute with local authorities.
Of course, it is not at all sure that everyone will secede!
West Virginia's breakaway was approved without the consent of Virginia's legislature, since the rebel state had voted to secede in 1861.
At this point, I'm almost fine with letting them secede, now that we can't dump our trash there anymore.
If the United Kingdom is to survive, it will have to change fundamentally, so that does not secede and our regions can once again feel part of it.
Kentucky plantation owner, he left the US Army when Kentucky refused to secede and joined Confederate forces in Texas.
The separatists represent English-speakers who want to secede from the rest of Cameroon and its French-speaking majority.
The separatists want Baluchistan to secede, a nightmare scenario for Pakistan that evokes the national trauma of losing East Pakistan, which fought a bloody war for independence and became Bangladesh in 1971.
The state has charged 29 out of the 51 persons who are being held over attempts to secede from Ghana with treason felony.
As the South prepared to secede, Buchanan told Congress that while he believed secession was illegal, the Federal Government had no power to stop it.
But Kenney said that since the cancellations of several pipelines, the delays to the Trans Mountain project, and now Bill C-69, support for Alberta to secede has more than doubled.
Kenney says a recent poll suggests half of Albertans are prepared to secede from Canada.
Russia argues that Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine, despite pursuing an armed takeover of the peninsula at the same time.
Sarah Palin’s husband Todd, who thinks Alaska should secede from the Union, secedes from his own.
So for example, Chesterton as an historian agreed that the British American Colonies could and should secede and self-govern, and in his own day he had strong sympathies with the Southern Irish cause.
The constitution gives the regions the right to secede.
The members of the United Democratic Party (UDP) are part of a group that unsuccessfully attempted to secede Zambezi (formerly Caprivi) region from Namibia on 2 August 1999.
Common combinations with secede
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to secede 60×
- secede from 33×
- secede and 5×
- could secede 3×
- secede the 3×
- secede in 2×
- not secede 2×
- should secede 2×