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to yield

to yield

183 3.6
To produce something, often a profit or result
  • verb
  • /jiːld/
translation icon : producir
  • An Internet search using "readers advisor resources" will yield many more titles in this field.
  • yield results
  • yield significant results
  • yield scores

But those experiments haven't yielded any results yet either.

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Examples

  • You see, the land is rocky and yields barely enough to feed ourselves.

  • Maybe it will, but even if it does, it may not yield the result you want.

  • A positive relationship between professor and student yields a greater result than a negative relationship.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Your investment over the course of 10 years will yield an annual $2 million, which by year eight, from your profit, your interest, and neighboring leases, your investment will be paid back in full.

  • As a result, we identified 12 articles yielding 20 studies for inclusion in this meta-analysis.

    Academic text (2015)
  • One hundred eighty-seven charts were reviewed, yielding a final group of 75 patients.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If you invest wisely, your portfolio will yield significant returns over the years.

  • The research project is expected to yield important results that can improve public health.

  • Farmers hope that this new fertilizer will yield a better crop this season.

Synonyms

to give
vsto yield
1.0

To cause a result, feeling, or change

is narrower, highlighting produced outcomes like profits or products
to produce
vsto yield
2.0

To make something, often in large amounts for sale

focuses more on giving a result or benefit rather than just making things
to pay
vsto yield
  • Specialized
5.2

To give money as interest or profit

is more general, applying to any produced result not only set payments
to generate
vsto yield
537 3.2

To make something that did not exist before

is used more widely for providing outcomes like profits or effects
to profit
vsto yield
140 3.2

To get an advantage from something

is about producing or causing results rather than receiving personal benefit
to afford
vsto yield
121 3.0

To give something useful, like a chance or a view

is focused on outcomes that arise or are produced, not only what is offered
to bear
vsto yield
  • Specialized
76 8.2

To pay interest on an investment

is the general idea of producing results not limited to money
to return
vsto yield
  • Specialized
55 3.6

Make a profit from an investment or business

is broader, applying to results beyond only money returns
to turn out
vsto yield
17 3.5

To produce many things quickly, often using machines

is broader, covering any produced result not only fast mass output
to deliver the goods
vsto yield
  • Informal
4 3.9

To do what was promised and get the expected result

is the wider concept of producing results, not only fulfilling promises
to fructify
vsto yield
9.9

To make something produce good results

is the broader act of producing outcomes rather than making things fruitful

Antonyms

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Idioms

9.8

To stop working or to die after a long time of getting worse

Phrasal Verbs

1 7.4

Give something to another person because you are forced to do so

Compounds

7 4.3

Producing a large amount of crops, goods, or money compared with others

high-yield bond
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A loan to a company that pays high interest because it has high risk

egg yield
  • Specialized
3.2

The number of eggs a hen lays in a given time, like a day or a year

marketable yield
  • Specialized
4.2

Part of a crop that is good enough to sell

The amount of milk a cow or herd produces in a period

How Much

to churn out
  • Informal
21 4.0
to yield
183 3.6
to produce
2.0

Surface Forms

yield infinitive
yielded past
yielded past participle
yielding present participle
yields third person singular

Etymology

Yield as a verb comes from the old English gieldan 'to give' or 'to pay', so to yield something is to 'give' or produce a result or profit.