YIELD


Meaning of YIELD in English

I. verb

1.

Synonyms: relinquish , abandon, cede, give up, hand over, leave, resign, surrender, ||turn up, waive

Contrasted words: appropriate, arrogate, confiscate

2.

to give way before a force that one can no longer resist

yielded to temptation

Synonyms: bow, buckle (under), capitulate, cave, defer, knuckle, knuckle under, submit, succumb

Related Word: accord, award, concede, grant; cede, surrender, waive; break, fail

Idioms: give ground, give place, give way

Contrasted words: bear up, hold out, resist

Antonyms: withstand

3.

Synonyms: bear 9, produce, turn out

4.

Synonyms: give 7, produce

Related Word: discharge, eject, emit, vent

5.

to produce as return or revenue

an investment that yields 10 percent

Synonyms: bring in, pay, return

Related Word: afford, furnish, provide, supply; hold out, offer, proffer, tender

Idioms: afford ( or give or provide) a return of, put at one's disposal

6.

Synonyms: give 12, bend, break, cave, collapse, crumple, fold up, go

II. noun

Synonyms: output , outturn, product, production, turnout

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