yield
verb OPAL W
/jiːld/
/jiːld/
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[transitive] yield something to produce or provide something, for example a profit, result or crop- Higher-rate deposit accounts yield good returns.
- The research has yielded useful information.
- These trees no longer yield fruit.
- The project is expected to yield good returns in future.
Topics Businessc1, Farmingc1, Moneyc1
[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- He finally yielded to her demands.
- They refused to yield to public pressure.
Topics Discussion and agreementc1 - [transitive] yield something/somebody (up) (to somebody) (formal) to allow somebody to win, have or take control of something that has been yours until now synonym surrender
- He refused to yield up his gun.
- (figurative) The universe is slowly yielding up its secrets.
- archaeological remains which are yielding up secrets from long ago
- [intransitive] to move, bend or break because of pressure
- Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.
- [intransitive] yield (to somebody/something) (North American English, Irish English) to allow vehicles on a bigger road to go first synonym give way
- Yield to oncoming traffic.
- a yield sign
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 Word OriginOld English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.