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- Dictionaryyield/yēld/
verb
- 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): "the land yields grapes and tobacco" Similar
- 2. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: "the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product: "the milk yield was poor"
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yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty. yields too easily in any argument.
YIELD definition: 1. to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: 2…. Learn more.
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.
noun. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
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.
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: an attempt to yield increased profits. The investigation yielded some unexpected results. Favorable weather yielded a good crop. Fewer examples. The process yields oil for industrial use.
1. a. To give forth a natural product; be productive. b. To produce a return for effort or investment: bonds that yield well. 2. a. To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit. b. To give way to pressure or force: The door yielded to a gentle push. c. To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty. d.
[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. yield to something/somebody He reluctantly yielded to their demands. I yielded to temptation and had a chocolate bar. Extra Examples. Topics Discussion and agreement c1
YIELD definition: 1. to produce or provide something: 2. to be forced to do something 3. to stop in order to allow…. Learn more.
Definition of yield noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
