American English pronunciation
How to pronounce yielded
IPA transcription: ['jildəd]
Pronunciation variants: ['jildəd]['jildɪd]
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Verb
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be the cause or source of
“He gave me a lot of trouble”
“Our meeting afforded much interesting information”
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give or supply
“The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”
“This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”
“The estate renders some revenue for the family”
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cause to happen or be responsible for
“His two singles gave the team the victory”
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move in order to make room for someone for something
“The park gave way to a supermarket”
“`Move over,' he told the crowd”
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be willing to concede
“I grant you this much”
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bring in
“interest-bearing accounts”
“How much does this savings certificate pay annually?”
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give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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consent reluctantly
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end resistance, as under pressure or force
“The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram”
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give in, as to influence or pressure
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be fatally overwhelmed
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be flexible under stress of physical force
“This material doesn't give”
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cease opposition; stop fighting
Usage examples
- Excavations of Merimde burials have yielded a number of skeletons, chiefly those of females.
- But neither of them knew the mechanism which yielded the colour.
- This site has yielded several clay tablets with Linear A inscriptions.
- Unconsciously, our yells and exclamations yielded to this rhythm.
- His early interest in phage genetics quickly yielded to a passion for animal viruses.
- Unconsciously, our yells and exclamations yielded to this rhythm.
- The people loyally refused to surrender him, but inevitably yielded to the emperor.
- The collaboration between two leading Universities yielded significant results.
- This one mine only, yielded this amount to Barrick in two weeks.
- The subsequent years yielded a string of successful singles.