WORDKEY:SYNONYMS
yield, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender CORE MEANING: to give way yield; to give way to something such as force, pressure, entreaty, or persuasion; capitulate; to cease to resist a superior force, especially one that seems invincible, sometimes without having offered much active opposition; submit; to accept somebody else’s authority or will, especially reluctantly or under pressure; succumb; to give in to something due to weakness or a failure to offer much active opposition; surrender; to give way to the power of another and stop offering resistance, usually after active opposition

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-21 08:24:25 GMT)
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yield [yeeld] verb (3rd person present singular yields, present participle yielding, past yielded, past participle yielded)
1. transitive verb AGRICULTURE produce something: to produce something naturally or as a result of cultivation • The field yields a good crop.
2. transitive verb give something as result: to produce something as the result of work, activity, or calculation • The research has yielded some interesting results.
3. transitive verb FINANCE give profit: to gain an amount as a return on an investment • bonds that yield 9 per cent
4. intransitive verb give way: to give way or give up further resistance • She refused to yield despite our pleas.
5. transitive verb give something up to somebody: to give something up to somebody else or concede it • He eventually yielded control of the company to his daughter.
6. intransitive verb give way to pressure: to move or bend under pressure or with the application of force • The window was painted shut and wouldn’t yield.
7. intransitive verb surrender: to admit defeat and surrender
8. intransitive verb be replaced by something: to be replaced by something else • Older houses and gardens were gradually yielding to modern purpose-built flats.
9. intransitive verb US TRANSPORT let another pass: to slow down or stop in order to let another vehicle pass • yield to traffic on the right

Encarta® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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Note added at 12 mins (2006-03-21 08:25:52 GMT)
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