yield.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
Meaning & usage
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. To produce as return from an investment.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. To produce as a result.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To give as demanded; to relinquish.
They refuse to yield to the enemy.
Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. Of a running thread or process: to give control back to the parent program or operating system so that other threads or processes can be allowed to run.
The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld. The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), 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, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”). The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
A product.
The quantity of something produced. Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
The quantity of something produced. The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
The quantity of something produced. The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
The quantity of something produced. The volume of water escaping from a spring.
The quantity of something produced. The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
The quantity of something produced. Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
The quantity of something produced. The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
yield strength of a material.
The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
Payment; money; tribute.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld. The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), 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, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”). The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
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