Please yield to the next speaker.
•She yielded to the next speaker.
2. to give in to someone. •She found it hard to yield to her husband in an argument.
•I will yield to no one.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
yield — [[t]jɪ͟əld[/t]] ♦♦♦ yields, yielding, yielded 1) VERB If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. [FORMAL] [V to n] Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist... [V to n] I yielded to an… … English dictionary
yield — vb 1 produce, turn out, *bear Analogous words: *generate, engender, breed, propagate: create, *invent: form, shape, *make, fabricate, fashion 2 *relinqui … New Dictionary of Synonyms
yield — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic recompense, reward 2. to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required 3. to give up … New Collegiate Dictionary
yield — I UK [jiːld] / US [jɪld] verb Word forms yield : present tense I/you/we/they yield he/she/it yields present participle yielding past tense yielded past participle yielded ** 1) [transitive] to produce something useful such as information or… … English dictionary
yield — yield1 [ jild ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to produce something useful such as information or evidence: Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems. yield results/benefits: The search for truth is beginning… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Yield (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Yield Type = studio Artist = Pearl Jam Released = February 3, 1998 Recorded = February 1997 – September 1997 at Studio Litho and Studio X, Seattle, Washington; Southern Tracks Recording and Doppler, Atlanta, Georgia Length … Wikipedia
yield — yield1 [ji:ld] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(result)¦ 2¦(crops/profits)¦ 3¦(agree unwillingly)¦ 4¦(traffic)¦ 5¦(move/bend/break)¦ 6¦(give up fighting)¦ Phrasal verbs yield to something yield something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
yield — [jiːld] verb I 1) [T] to produce something We re hoping the farm will yield a big harvest in the autumn.[/ex] The search for truth is beginning to yield results.[/ex] 2) [I] to finally agree to do what someone wants you to do The sport should not … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
yield — yielder, n. /yeeld/, v.t. 1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs. 2. to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten… … Universalium
yield — 1 verb 1 CROPS/PROFITS (T) to produce crops, profits etc: The land yielded a good wheat crop. | Mining shares often yield a high level of return. 2 RESULT (T) to produce a result, answer, or a piece of information: Careful analysis yielded the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
be worth someone's while — be worth someone’s while phrase if it is worth your while to do something, you can get some benefit or advantage from doing it even though it may take some time or effort It’s not worth their while when most of their profits go in taxes. it is… … Useful english dictionary
