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yield
[ yeeld ]
verb (used with object)
- to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation:
This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest):
a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return.
- to give up, as to superior power or authority:
They yielded the fort to the enemy.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to give up or surrender (oneself ):
He yielded himself to temptation.
Antonyms:
- to give up or over; relinquish or resign:
to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio.
- to give as due or required:
to yield obedience to one's teachers.
Synonyms:
- to cause; give rise to:
The play yielded only one good laugh.
verb (used without object)
- to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.
- to surrender or submit, as to superior power:
The rebels yielded after a week.
- to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like:
Don't yield to their outrageous demands.
Synonyms: , ,
- to give place or precedence (usually followed by to ):
to yield to another; Will the senator from New York yield?
- to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like:
I've pushed and pushed, but this door will not yield.
noun
- something yielded.
Synonyms:
- the quantity or amount yielded.
- the act or process of yielding:
the yield of plastic materials under stress.
- Chemistry. the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable.
- the income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost.
- a measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction.
yield
/ ᾱː /
verb
- to give forth or supply (a product, result, etc), esp by cultivation, labour, etc; produce or bear
- tr to furnish as a return
the shares yielded three per cent
- troften foll byup to surrender or relinquish, esp as a result of force, persuasion, etc
- intrsometimes foll byto to give way, submit, or surrender, as through force or persuasion
she yielded to his superior knowledge
- introften foll byto to agree; comply; assent
he eventually yielded to their request for money
- tr to grant or allow; concede
to yield right of way
- obsolete.tr to pay or repay
God yield thee!
noun
- the result, product, or amount yielded
- the profit or return, as from an investment or tax
- the annual income provided by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage of its cost or of its current value
the yield on these shares is 15 per cent at today's market value
- the energy released by the explosion of a nuclear weapon expressed in terms of the amount of TNT necessary to produce the same energy
- chem the quantity of a specified product obtained in a reaction or series of reactions, usually expressed as a percentage of the quantity that is theoretically obtainable
Derived Forms
- ˈ⾱岹, adjective
- ˈ⾱, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ⾱İ noun
- dzܳy verb (used with object)
- ܲd·⾱ noun
- ܲd·⾱ verb (used without object)
- ܲ·⾱Ļ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yield1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yield1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For most prisons, nearly 1 out of 8 tests probably yielded a false result, the group estimates.
So far, those policies have yielded mixed results.
But the focus on minimizing cost might yield a similar route, he said.
Over the past few days, cardinals wandering around Rome were hounded by journalists trying to get a steer on what the conclave might yield.
Health plans improved on the other three measures, but not enough to avoid penalties, which yielded $15 million.
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