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yield
- pronunciation:
- yild
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
yielded, yielding, yields |
| definition 1: |
to give forth or produce (a product, result, or quantity).
The business yielded huge profits that year.This bread recipe yields two loaves.- synonyms:
- give, produce
- similar words:
- bear, beget, breed, cause, disgorge, earn, engender, fetch, generate, net, pay, return
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| definition 2: |
to give up; surrender; relinquish.
She yielded her wallet to the criminal.- synonyms:
- relinquish, surrender
- antonyms:
- defy, resist, retain, withhold
- similar words:
- abandon, cede, concede, grant, hand over, release, resign, submit
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| related words: |
abdicate, admit, begrudge, forfeit, lay, lose, manufacture, mother, provoke, recede, send, spare, spawn, surrender, waive |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to be productive; furnish results.
There is no doubt that our efforts will yield well.- synonyms:
- bear, produce
- similar words:
- deliver, earn, fructify, provide
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| definition 2: |
to surrender, esp. to a pressure, force, or emotion.
In the end, he yielded to the temptation.- synonyms:
- bow, capitulate, give way, succumb, surrender
- antonyms:
- hold out, withstand
- similar words:
- accede, acquiesce, bend, buckle, cave in, comply, concede, defer, fold, give, soften, submit, truckle
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| definition 3: |
to give way.
He begged her to reconsider, but she would not yield.After much ramming, the locked door yielded.In time, thriftiness yielded to stinginess.- similar words:
- accede, become, give way
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| related words: |
assent, bear, budge, come around, compromise, despair, go down, indulge, lay, lead, lose, quit, relent |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of producing or yielding.
- synonyms:
- output, production
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| definition 2: |
a thing or amount produced or yielded.
Our garden promises an excellent yield of tomatoes and beans this year.- synonyms:
- production
- similar words:
- crop, fruit, gain, harvest, interest, net, output, proceeds, produce, product, profit, receipts, return, revenue
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| related words: |
haul, income, manufacture, margin, proceeds |
| derivations: |
yieldable (adj.), yielder (n.) |
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