present participle
Someone or something is producing a crop, result, or amount of money.
The new method is yielding better results.
The farm is yielding more wheat this year.
American English
How to pronounce yielding
verb · noun · adjectiveB2Common word
YEELdihng
/ˈjil.dɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of yield
Yielding is used in progressive verb forms, as a gerund, and as an adjective.
Someone or something is producing a crop, result, or amount of money.
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present participle
A driver is letting another vehicle or person go first, especially by slowing down or stopping.
The car is yielding to pedestrians.
The truck is yielding to traffic on the main road.
present participle
Someone is giving in and accepting another person's demands or pressure.
The company is yielding to customer demands.
She is yielding to pressure from her family.
gerund
This is the act of producing a crop, result, or amount of money.
Yielding a profit is the company's main goal.
The farmer depends on the land yielding enough wheat each year.
Useful expressions
to stop resisting pressure from someone or something
She would not yield to pressure from the media.
to let another road user go first
Drivers must yield the right of way to pedestrians.
the annual return a bond is expected to provide if held until it matures
The bond's yield to maturity is 4%.