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yield
verb
UK /jiːld/ US /jiːld/
yield verb (PRODUCE)
C2 [ T ]
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
an attempt to yield increased profits
The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
Favourable weather yielded a good crop.
The process yields oil for industrial use.
Burning waste yields energy that can be used for electric power or heating.
The excavation yielded some superb artifacts.
Early radio equipment yielded poor sound quality.
The experiments yielded some surprising results.
yield
verb (GIVE UP)
[ I or T ]
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:
They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.
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yield verb (BEND/BREAK)
[ I ] formal
to bend or break under pressure:
His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.
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yield verb (STOP)
[ I ] US
(UK give way)
to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:
If you're going downhill, you need to yield to bikers going uphill.
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Phrasal verb
yield to sth
yield
noun [ C usually plural ]
UK /jiːld/ US /jiːld/
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied:
Crop yields have risen steadily.
Yields on gas and electricity shares are consistently high.
US /jild/
yield verb (PRODUCE)
[ T ]
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information:
Some mutual funds are currently yielding 15% on new money invested.
[ T ]
If something yields information, it provides it:
A letter found by the FBI last week may yield new clues.
yield verb (GIVE UP)
[ I/T ]
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:
[ T ] to yield power
[ I/T ]
If you yield to something, you accept that you have been defeated by it:
[ I ] It’s easy to yield to the temptation to borrow a lot of money.
[ I/T ]
To yield to traffic coming from another direction is to wait and allow it to go first.
yield
noun [ C usually pl ]
US /jild/
yield noun [C usually pl] (PRODUCE)
a profit or an amount esp. of a crop produced:
Over the past 50 years, crop yields have risen steadily in the US.
