yield

The word “yield” means to produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome. In plain terms, to produce a result (like a crop or profit) or to give way to someone or something else.

“Yield” is pronounced yeeld (/jiːld/ in IPA).

Here is “yield” used in a sentence: “The field yielded a record harvest this year.”

Words with a similar meaning to “yield” include submit, capitulate, may imply a compensation with an enemy, to end all resistance because of loss of hope, succumb and because of helplessness and extreme weakness.

Depending on how it is used, “yield” can be a verb and a noun.

The word “yield” comes from Old English. From Old English gieldan, meaning "to pay" — the sense of "producing a result" and "giving way" both developed from this original idea of paying or giving something over.

“Yield” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

“Yield” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Both can mean to give way, but "surrender" suggests a full, often final giving up, especially in conflict, while "yield" can be softer and temporary, like yielding a point or yielding the right of way. You can yield without wholly surrendering.

When "yield" means to give a result, it overlaps with "produce," but "yield" emphasises the amount that comes from something, as in "the field yielded ten tonnes." "Produce" is the broader, more general word for making or growing.

To concede is chiefly to admit that something is true or to give up a point in an argument, while "yield" more often means to give way physically or to produce a result. You concede a debate, but a plant yields fruit.