yielded betydelse and definition

Betydelse av yielded på svenska

• 0 past simple and past participle of yield

• 1 to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:

  • an attempt to yield increased profits

  • The investigation yielded some unexpected results.

  • Favourable weather yielded a good crop.

• 2 to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:

  • They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.

  • Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

• 3 to bend or break under pressure:

  • His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.

• 4 to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:

  • If you're going downhill, you need to yield to bikers going uphill.