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