yield
/jiːld/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
verb
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
verb
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
verb
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
Example Sentences
- "This method generally yields better results."
- "The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more."
- "The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children."
- "[…] We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never / Yields us kind answer."
- "Vines yield nectar."
- "Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed."
Etymology
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld. The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognates Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”). The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰeldʰ-, yielden, ġieldan, *geldan, *geldaną, ȝeld
Usage
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Synonyms
furnish
afford
give forth
submit
capitulate
may imply a compensation with an enemy
to end all resistance because of loss of hope
succumb
because of helplessness and extreme weakness
to the leader of an opposing force
relent
mercy