yield
To give as a result or outcomeTo give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
» Rich soil yields good crops.
Reichhaltige Böden bringen gute Ernten.
Родючий ґрунт дає багатий урожай.
Meaning
11 sensesTo give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
give or supply
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as return from an investment.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
(Ertrag) abwerfen, bringen, erbringen
дава́тьdavátʹ, приводи́ть кprivodítʹ k, производи́тьproizvodítʹ
To produce as a result.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
ergeben
приводи́ть кprivodítʹ k, результироватьсяrezulʹtirovatʹsja
To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
(intransitive, transitive)To give as demanded; to relinquish.
They refuse to yield to the enemy.
Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
(US, especially, intransitive, transitive)To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
(intransitive)To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
end resistance, as under pressure or force
(intransitive)Of a running thread or process: to give control back to the parent program or operating system so that other threads or processes can be allowed to run.
The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
(rare)To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
be willing to concede
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
(obsolete)To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
Examples
143 sentencesRich soil yields good crops.
Родючий ґрунт дає багатий урожай.
deReichhaltige Böden bringen gute Ernten.
You must not yield to temptation.
ruТы не должен поддаваться соблазну.
deDu darfst der Versuchung nicht nachgeben.
Stock investments do not always yield profit.
ruВложения в акции не всегда приносят прибыль.
deAktienanlagen sind nicht immer gewinnbringend.
I'll stand up for what I believe in and won't yield to any threats.
Those two experiments yielded similar results.
deDiese beiden Experimente lieferten ähnliche Ergebnisse.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld.
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Forms
yields, yielding, yielded, yieldedSynonyms
42 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle