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Meaning of 'yield' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Yield [ n.]
- Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
2 . Yield [ v. i.]
- To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
- To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
- To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
- To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
3 . Yield [ v. t.]
- To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
- To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
- To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
- To give a reward to; to bless.

Meaning of 'yield' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . yield [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
Example in sentence:
  • production was up in the second quarter
Meaning (2):
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example in sentence:
  • the average return was about 5%
3 . yield [ v]
Meaning (3):
- be the cause or source of
Example in sentence:
  • He gave me a lot of trouble;
  • Our meeting afforded much interesting information
Meaning (4):
- cause to happen or be responsible for
Example in sentence:
  • His two singles gave the team the victory
Meaning (5):
- bring in
Example in sentence:
  • How much does this savings certificate pay annually?;
  • interest-bearing accounts
Meaning (6):
- be willing to concede
Example in sentence:
  • I grant you this much
Meaning (7):
- give or supply
Example in sentence:
  • The cow brings in 5 liters of milk;
  • The estate renders some revenue for the family;
  • This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
Meaning (8):
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
Example in sentence:
  • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
Meaning (9):
- move in order to make room for someone for something
Example in sentence:
  • The park gave way to a supermarket;
  • `Move over,' he told the crowd
Meaning (10):
- be flexible under stress of physical force
Example in sentence:
  • This material doesn't give

Nearby Words:

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