Yield
verb
To produce or provide something as a result.
The orchard can yield a substantial amount of fruit each year.
verb
To give up power, control or territory to someone else.
The king was forced to yield his crown to his younger brother.
noun
The total amount produced or supplied.
The crop's yield was significantly lower this year because of the drought.
verb
To stop and allow others to move first.
Always yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk.
Often appears as...
- yield to pedestrians
- yield at intersection
noun
The amount of profit gained from an investment or treasury.
The bond has a yield of 5 percent.
Often appears as...
- yield on investment
- yield of bond
verb
To produce or provide something as a result.
The orchard can yield a substantial amount of fruit each year.
verb
To give up power, control or territory to someone else.
The king was forced to yield his crown to his younger brother.
noun
The total amount produced or supplied.
The crop's yield was significantly lower this year because of the drought.
verb
To stop and allow others to move first.
Always yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk.
Often appears as...
- yield to pedestrians
- yield at intersection
noun
The amount of profit gained from an investment or treasury.
The bond has a yield of 5 percent.
Often appears as...
- yield on investment
- yield of bond
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Result Oriented
Used when something leads to a result or outcome, especially in business or science contexts.
The research will yield new insights into climate change.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
Implies an ongoing action – something that is actively yielding results, not just once.
This strategy could yield benefits for years to come.
Pro Tip 1/2Result Oriented
Used when something leads to a result or outcome, especially in business or science contexts.
The research will yield new insights into climate change.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
Implies an ongoing action – something that is actively yielding results, not just once.
This strategy could yield benefits for years to come.
Pro Tip 1/2Result Oriented
Used when something leads to a result or outcome, especially in business or science contexts.
The research will yield new insights into climate change.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
Implies an ongoing action – something that is actively yielding results, not just once.
This strategy could yield benefits for years to come.
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Gary Lauder's new...
The answer is to enable cars to come in from that side road safely. Because there are a lot of people who might live up there and if they're waiting forever a long queue could form because the cars aren't slowing down on the main road. Can that be accomplished with existing signs? So, there is a long history of stop signs and yield signs.
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Andy Ruben: Making...
sauce armed with the information that I just shared they're challenging the status quo they're employing practices from around the world the results demonstrate the opportunity over the past twelve months their tomato yield is up twenty percent they use two billion gallons less water and their costs are
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The power of introverts...
had yielded its original function to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books. Just like the rest of my family, my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read. But he also loved his congregation, and you could feel this love in the sermons that he gave
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Jonathan Foley: The...
but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint of agriculture and farm the lands we have better. This is work that we're doing to try to highlight places in the world where we could improve yields
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Is there a reproducibilit...
Despite six months of double checking, the bizarre discovery refused to yield. But rather than celebrating a physics revolution, the researchers published a cautious paper arguing for continued research in an effort to explain the observed anomaly.
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The science of milk -...
Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats, sheeps, camels, yaks, horses, and cows. Almost all of these species are ruminants, a type of mammal with four-chambered stomachs that yield large quantities of milk.
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Rethinking infidelity...
often talk about how their illness has yielded them a new perspective. The main question that I've been asked since I arrived at this conference when I said I would talk about infidelity is, for or against? I said, "Yes."
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Super Smart Dolphin...
Luna is a young dolphin and as such a little bit more motivated. She she likes to play, to investigate things, and she's very eager to please the trainers. Each run of the experiment yields different results.
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Can you solve the three...
will yield 'ozo' if the hypothetical question is true and 'ulu' if it's false regardless of what each word actually means. Unfortunately, this doesn't help us with Arr.
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Hyenas Fight Lions For...
A wise leader knows when to yield
Video examples
Gary Lauder's new...
The answer is to enable cars to come in from that side road safely. Because there are a lot of people who might live up there and if they're waiting forever a long queue could form because the cars aren't slowing down on the main road. Can that be accomplished with existing signs? So, there is a long history of stop signs and yield signs.
Video examples
Andy Ruben: Making...
sauce armed with the information that I just shared they're challenging the status quo they're employing practices from around the world the results demonstrate the opportunity over the past twelve months their tomato yield is up twenty percent they use two billion gallons less water and their costs are
Video examples
The power of introverts...
had yielded its original function to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books. Just like the rest of my family, my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read. But he also loved his congregation, and you could feel this love in the sermons that he gave
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint of agriculture and farm the lands we have better. This is work that we're doing to try to highlight places in the world where we could improve yields
Video examples
Is there a reproducibilit...
Despite six months of double checking, the bizarre discovery refused to yield. But rather than celebrating a physics revolution, the researchers published a cautious paper arguing for continued research in an effort to explain the observed anomaly.
Video examples
The science of milk -...
Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats, sheeps, camels, yaks, horses, and cows. Almost all of these species are ruminants, a type of mammal with four-chambered stomachs that yield large quantities of milk.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
often talk about how their illness has yielded them a new perspective. The main question that I've been asked since I arrived at this conference when I said I would talk about infidelity is, for or against? I said, "Yes."
Video examples
Super Smart Dolphin...
Luna is a young dolphin and as such a little bit more motivated. She she likes to play, to investigate things, and she's very eager to please the trainers. Each run of the experiment yields different results.
Video examples
Can you solve the three...
will yield 'ozo' if the hypothetical question is true and 'ulu' if it's false regardless of what each word actually means. Unfortunately, this doesn't help us with Arr.
Video examples
Hyenas Fight Lions For...
A wise leader knows when to yield
Example 1 of 10
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
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Errol Morris
American Director
I think an interview, properly considered, should be an investigation. You shouldn't know what the interview will yield. Otherwise, why do it at all?
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Helen Keller
American Author
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
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Quintilian
Roman Educator
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Cleopatra
Egyptian Royalty
My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Pindar
Greek Poet
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Horace
Roman Poet
We are free to yield to truth.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
Quote examples
Errol Morris
American Director
I think an interview, properly considered, should be an investigation. You shouldn't know what the interview will yield. Otherwise, why do it at all?
Quote examples
Helen Keller
American Author
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
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Quintilian
Roman Educator
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Cleopatra
Egyptian Royalty
My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Pindar
Greek Poet
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Horace
Roman Poet
We are free to yield to truth.
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