yield

«yield» in Mova's school dictionary: to let other cars or people go first, for example at a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (yield, yields, yielded, yielding); noun (a yield, yields)

meaning for a pupil

1) To yield means to let other cars or people go first, for example at a road sign. tree →

2) To yield means to give up or stop fighting, to let someone else win. tree →

3) To yield means to produce something, like a crop of fruit or an answer. tree →

4) To yield means to bend or break when pushed hard. tree →

5) As a noun, a yield is the amount something produces, such as the amount of wheat from a field. tree →

sense in the lessons

In road safety lessons in the USA and Canada a yield sign means slow down and let others go first; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the same idea is give way. In science and farming, yield is how much a crop or experiment gives. In stories an enemy may refuse to yield. Phrases: yield to, yield sign, a good yield, yield results.

examples

• The car must yield to people on the crossing. tree →
• The yield sign is a red and white triangle. tree →
• The knight would not yield to the dragon. tree →
• This apple tree yields lots of fruit every year. tree →
• The farm had a big yield of corn this year. tree →
• The old floorboard yielded under his foot and cracked. tree →
• Our experiment yielded a surprising result. tree →
• If one tree yields 50 apples, 4 trees yield 200 apples. tree →
• The Oak stood proudly and fought against the storm, while the yielding Reeds bowed low. tree →

note

Regular verb: yielded. Spelling trap: i before e — y-i-e-l-d. In the UK and Australia road signs say Give Way, while in the USA they say Yield. In maths problems, yield usually means how much is produced, so multiply the yield of one by the number of things.

In the corpora

• A give way or yield sign means drivers must slow down and let other traffic go first.
• As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
• And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.
• And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,
• For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «yield» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.