Meaning of 'yield'

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Meaning of ‘yield’

17 definitions found.

yield

noun

production of a certain amount

Synonyms: output

noun

an amount of a product

Synonyms: fruit

noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

Synonyms: return

noun

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

Synonyms: production

verb

end resistance, as under pressure or force

Example: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

Synonyms: give way

verb

consent reluctantly

Synonyms: give in succumb knuckle under buckle under

verb

be willing to concede

Synonyms: grant

verb

cease opposition

verb

be flexible under stress of physical force

Synonyms: give

verb

give or supply

Synonyms: return

verb

cause to happen or be responsible for

Synonyms: give

verb

move in order to make room for someone for something

Synonyms: give ease up give way move over

verb

bring in

Synonyms: bear pay

verb

give over

Synonyms: grant

verb

be the cause or source of

Synonyms: give afford

verb

be fatally overwhelmed

Synonyms: succumb

verb

give in, as to influence or pressure

Synonyms: soften relent

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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