yield

Meaning

Verb

1. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
2. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
3. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
4. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
5. (obsolete) To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
6. (intransitive, transitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
7. (US, especially, intransitive, transitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
8. (intransitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
9. (intransitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
10. To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
11. (rare) To give up; to surrender or capitulate.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A product.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
4. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
5. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
6. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
7. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
8. (countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced.
9. (countable, material, uncountable) yield strength of a material.
10. (countable, uncountable) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
11. (countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable) Payment; money; tribute.

Synonyms

submit

produce

surrender

give in

give

give way

output

return

concede

crop

give up

cede

grant

harvest

succumb

capitulate

bear

🐻

production

profit

income

allow

relinquish

comply

assign

pay

💸

consent

bend

generate

afford

revenue

agree

quit

acquiesce

render

knuckle under

deliver

accommodate

proceeds

provide

relent

accede

product

resign

furnish

permit

obey

assent

leave

bow

🙇

abandon

Translations

donner

Ertrag

rendement

ceder

céder

cedere

rendimento

cedir

ceder

rendimiento

Ernte

produrre

toegeven

afstaan

nachgeben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jiːld/

Etymology

Verb from Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid; matter; count; be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde.
Noun from Middle English ȝeld, from Old English ġield, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian jild, Dutch geld, Low German and German Geld, Danish gæld, Swedish gäld, Icelandic gjald. See also geld.

Sentences

The cuttings are usually cultivars , selected both for yield and quality of fruit .