yield
[verb]
Synonyms:
- produce, bear, bring forth, earn, generate, give, net, provide, return, supply
- surrender, bow, capitulate, give in, relinquish, resign, submit, succumb
[noun]
Synonyms:
- profit, crop, earnings, harvest, income, output, produce, return, revenue, takings

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Antonyms: withstand
Contrasted words: appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, bear up, hold out, resist
Related Idioms: give ground, give place, give way, afford (or give or provide) a return of, put at one's disposal
Related Words: accord, award, concede, grant, cede, surrender, waive, break, fail, discharge, eject, emit, vent, afford, furnish, provide, supply, hold out, offer, proffer, tender

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English Thesaurus: amount, quantity, volume, level, proportion, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. yield¹ /jiːld/ verb
[Language: Old English; Origin: gieldan]

1. RESULT [transitive] to produce a result, answer, or piece of information:
Our research has only recently begun to yield important results.

2. CROPS/PROFITS [transitive] to produce crops, profits etc:
Each of these oilfields could yield billions of barrels of oil.
The tourist industry yielded an estimated $2.25 billion for the state last year.
These investments should yield a reasonable return.
high-yielding/low-yielding
high-yielding crops

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In everyday English, people usually say that something produces a result, a profit etc rather than yields it:
Each cow produces almost 20 litres of milk a day.

3. AGREE UNWILLINGLY [intransitive and transitive] to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something or stop having something:
The military has promised to yield power.
yield to
The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers.
Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure.
Finally she yielded to temptation and helped herself to a large slice of cake.

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In everyday English, people usually say someone gives in to pressures, demands etc rather than yields to them:
I very much doubt the boss will give in to her demands.

4. TRAFFIC [intransitive] American English to allow other traffic on a bigger road to go first Synonym : give way British English
yield to
Yield to traffic on the left.

5. MOVE/BEND/BREAK [intransitive] to move, bend, or break because of physical force or pressure Synonym : give:
Ideally, the surface should yield slightly under pressure.

6. GIVE UP FIGHTING [intransitive] literary to stop fighting and accept defeat Synonym : surrender
yield to something phrasal verb formal
if one thing yields to another, it is replaced by that thing Synonym : give way to something:
Laughter quickly yielded to amazement as the show went on.
yield something ↔ up phrasal verb formal

1. to show or produce something that was hidden or difficult to find, or that people did not know about Synonym : throw up:
New research has yielded up some surprising discoveries.

2. British English to give something that belongs to you to someone else, because you are forced to Synonym : surrender:
He would never yield up the castle to the English.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. yield² noun [countable]
the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces:
The average milk yield per cow has doubled.
high/low yield
Shareholders are expecting a higher yield this year.
yield of
a yield of over six percent

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

yield
noun
ADJ. good, high This method of cultivation produces higher yield.
low, poor Yields are quite poor this year.
VERB + YIELD produce

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

amount how much of something there is:
Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
a tiny amount of poison
quantity a particular amount of food, liquid, or another substance that can be measured – used especially in written descriptions and instructions:
Make sure that you add the right quantity of milk.
They buy the wood in large quantities.
volume the amount of something such as business activity or traffic, especially when this is large or increasing:
The volume of traffic on our roads has risen sharply.
the huge volume of trade with China
level the exact amount of something at one time, which can go up or down at other times:
They measured the level of alcohol in his blood.
There is a high level of unemployment.
proportion the amount of something, compared with the whole amount that exists:
the proportion of road accidents caused by drunk drivers
A high proportion of the students were from poor families.
quota a maximum amount of something that can be produced, sold, brought into a country etc:
import quotas on Japanese cars
yield /jiːld/ the amount of something that is produced, especially crops:
this year’s cotton yield
flat on one level, without any holes or raised areas, and not sloping or curving:
a flat roof
a flat screen
Before you lay the tiles, make sure that the ground is completely flat.
smooth without any holes or raised areas – used especially when saying how something feels when you touch it:
her lovely smooth skin
I ran my hand across the animal’s smooth fur.
even without any holes or raised areas:
Apply the paint to an even surface.
Be careful – the path is not very even here.
horizontal going straight across and not sloping:
a horizontal line
Raise both arms to a horizontal position.

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