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   yield

   /jiːld/

   verb

   • 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): "the land yields grapes and tobacco" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • ▪ produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return): "this method yields the same results" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • 2. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: "the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted" Similar surrendercapitulatesubmitrelentadmit defeataccept defeatconcede defeatback downclimb downquitgive ingive up the strugglelay down one's armsraise/show the white flagknuckle underbe overcomebe overwhelmedbe conqueredbe beatenfall victiminformal:throw in the towelthrow in the spongecave inaccede tosubmit tobow down todefer tocomply withconform toagree toconsent togo along withbe guided byheednotepay attention tograntpermitallowsanctionwarrantOpposite resistdefy
   • ▪ relinquish possession of: "they might yield up their secrets" Similar relinquishsurrenderpart withdeliver uphand overturn overgive overmake overbequeathremitcedeleavesacrificeOpposite retain
   • ▪ concede (a point of dispute): "I yielded the point"
   • ▪ give right of way to other traffic. North American
   • 3. (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure: "he reeled into the house as the door yielded" Similar bendgiveflexbe flexiblebe pliant

   noun

   • 1. an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product: "the milk yield was poor"
   • ▪ a financial return: "an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent"

   Word Origin Old Englishg(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.

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   What is a synonym for yield?

   • SYNONYMS 1. furnish, supply, render, bear. 3. abandon, abdicate, waive, forgo. yield, submit, surrender mean to give way or give up to someone or something. To yield is to concede under some degree of pressure, but not necessarily to surrender totally: to yield ground to an enemy.

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   What does yield mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! YIELD definition: 1. to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: 2…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if something is forced to yield?

   • The research has yielded useful information. These trees no longer yield fruit. The project is expected to yield good returns in future. Want to learn more? [intransitive] (formal) to stop resisting something/somebody; to agree to do something that you do not want to do synonym give way After a long siege, the town was forced to yield.

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   What does yield up mean?

   • If an area of land yields a particular amount of a crop, this is the amount that is produced. You can also say that a number of animals yield a particular amount of meat . Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion. [VERB noun] Yield up means the same as yield . The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.

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   the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

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   To yield is to concede under some degree of pressure, but not necessarily to surrender totally: to yield ground to an enemy. To submit is to give up more completely to authority, superior force, etc., and to cease opposition, although usually with reluctance: to submit to control.

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