yield

1. 1.

   production of a certain amount

   Synonymsoutput

   Broaderproduction

   Narrowercrop
2. 2.

   the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

   “the average return was about 5%”

   Synonymsreturnissuetaketakingsproceedspayoff

   Broaderincome

   Narrowereconomic rentpayback
3. 3.

   an amount of a product

   Synonymsfruit

   Broaderproduct
4. 4.

   the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

   “production was up in the second quarter”

   Synonymsoutputproduction

   Broaderindefinite quantity

   Narrowerpicking

Other forms of yield

plural

yields·

past tense

yielded·

present participle

yielding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yield

What does yield mean?

yield means "be the cause or source of". That is the primary sense; the word has 17 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yield?

yield has 1 syllable: yield. In IPA it is /ˈjild/.

What is another word for yield?

Close synonyms include give, afford, give way, render, return. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of yield?

The recorded antonyms are stand.

Is yield a common word?

yield is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.