yield
To give as a result or outcomeTo give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.: To produce as return from an investment.
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» I'll stand up for what I believe in and won't yield to any threats.
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128 sentencesMeaning
11 sensesTo 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 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.
aufgeben, übergeben
возвраща́тьvozvraščátʹ, отдава́тьotdavátʹ, сдава́тьсяsdavátʹsja
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
To produce as a result.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
ergeben
приводи́ть кprivodítʹ k, результироватьсяrezulʹtirovatʹsja
More meanings 8
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
(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.
nachgeben, Platz machen, Vorfahrt gewähren
уступа́тьustupátʹ
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
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)To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
(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.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
(obsolete)To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
(rare)To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- be the cause or source of
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- give or supply
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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, yieldedTenses
yield · yielded · will yield · have yieldedSynonyms
18 synonyms- be the cause or source of:giveafford
- end resistance, as under pressure or force:give way
- give or supply:renderreturngivegenerate
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another:concedecedegrant
- give in, as to influence or pressure:relentsoften
- move in order to make room for someone for something:move overgive waygiveease up
Antonyms
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
See also
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