yield

verbCommon GRE wordMore Y words

to give way, surrender, or produce as a result

In a sentence

Yield in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing yield in a sentence.

The committee refused to yield to political pressure and upheld its original ruling.

Synonyms

Antonyms

resistwithstand

Keep going

to feel a deep, longing desire for something

to join, link, or burden together as if under a common harness

Common questions

Yield (verb) means to give way, surrender, or produce as a result

Here is yield used in an example sentence: "The committee refused to yield to political pressure and upheld its original ruling."

Common synonyms for yield include submit, relinquish, concede, produce.

Antonyms of yield include resist, withstand.

Yield is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.