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- DictionaryYield/yēld/
verb
- 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): "the land yields grapes and tobacco"
- 2. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: "the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted"
noun
- 1. the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product: "the milk yield was poor"
The meaning of YIELD is to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation. How to use yield in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Yield.
Yield definition: to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation. See examples of YIELD used in a sentence.
YIELD definition: 1. to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: 2…. Learn more.
YIELD meaning: 1. to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: 2…. Learn more.
Yield has two meanings that seem quite different: "an amount" or "to give way." The yield of the recipe was twelve brownies. To avoid being tripped, Mary was forced to yield to the children on her way to the brownie plate.
b. To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede: yielded the right of way to the oncoming traffic.
12 meanings: 1. to give forth or supply (a product, result, etc), esp by cultivation, labour, etc; produce or bear 2. to.... Click for more definitions.
YIELD meaning: 1 : to produce or provide (something, such as a plant or crop); 2 : to produce (something) as a result of time, effort, or work sometimes + up
[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
the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced. a high crop yield; a reduction in milk yield; This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.
