transcription, транскрипция: [ jɪəld ]
( yields, yielding, yielded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. ( FORMAL )
Will she yield to growing pressure for her to retire?...
If the government does not yield, it should face sufficient military force to ensure its certain and swift defeat.
= give in
VERB : V to n , V
2.
If you yield something that you have control of or responsibility for, you allow someone else to have control or responsibility for it. ( FORMAL )
He may yield control...
= surrender
VERB : V n
3.
If a moving person or a vehicle yields , they slow down or stop in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them. ( AM; in BRIT, usually use give way )
When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.
...examples of common signs like No Smoking or Yield.
VERB : V to n , V
4.
If something yields , it breaks or moves position because force or pressure has been put on it.
The door yielded easily when he pushed it.
VERB : V
5.
If an area of land yields a particular amount of a crop, this is the amount that is produced. You can also say that a number of animals yield a particular amount of meat.
Last year 400,000 acres of land yielded a crop worth $1.75 billion.
= produce
VERB : V n
6.
A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals.
Polluted water lessens crop yields.
N-COUNT : with supp
7.
If a tax or investment yields an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it. ( BUSINESS )
It yielded a profit of at least $36 million.
VERB : V n
8.
A yield is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment. ( BUSINESS )
The high yields available on the dividend shares made them attractive to private investors.
...the yield on a bank’s investments.
N-COUNT : with supp , oft N of amount , N on n
9.
If something yields a result or piece of information, it produces it.
This research has been in progress since 1961 and has yielded a great number of positive results...
VERB : V n