third-person singular verb
It produces a crop, result, or amount of money.
Hard work often yields good results.
This investment yields a small annual profit.
American English
How to pronounce yields
verb · nounB2Common word
YEELDZ
/jildz/
One syllable.
Form of yield
It produces a crop, result, or amount of money.
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third-person singular verb
It lets another vehicle or person go first, especially by slowing down or stopping.
The driver yields to pedestrians at the crossing.
This lane yields to traffic on the main road.
third-person singular verb
It stops opposing someone or something and accepts that it cannot get what it wants.
The company yields to pressure from its customers.
After a long debate, she finally yields.
plural noun
The amounts of crops produced by fields, farms, or areas.
Good weather usually leads to higher yields.
The farm's wheat yields fell after the drought.
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%.