Synonyms:
output, yield
Meaning: production of a certain amount
Synonyms:
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
Meaning: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
Synonyms:
yield, fruit
Meaning: an amount of a product
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
yield, give, afford
Meaning: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
Synonyms:
give_way, yield
Meaning: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
Synonyms:
render, yield, return, give, generate
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
concede, yield, cede, grant
Meaning: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Synonyms:
yield, relent, soften
Meaning: give in, as to influence or pressure
Synonyms:
move_over, give_way, give, ease_up, yield
Meaning: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
Synonyms:
give, yield
Meaning: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
Synonyms:
concede, yield, grant
Meaning: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
Usage examples
He never will yield."
Would you yield to the thirst for gold?
I yield to nobody in my respect for our manager.
"They yield," said the colonel, after a long time.
The bravest know fear, but they do not yield to it.
And as I lay there ill and weak, the temptation came to yield.
'Since you won't yield to persuasion, we'll try what force can do.
"These figures prove that the yield of the furnace is considerably increased.
Would that in this respect the ancient darkness might yield to the new light.
I wished to be alone, to yield to the sweet mood that the thought of her brought me.