What part of speech is yields?

Yields can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. yields is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of yield (infinitive).
  • 2. yields is a noun, plural of yield.

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Verb

Noun

What does yields mean?

Definitions

Verb
yield - bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
yield - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
yield - consent reluctantly
yield - cease opposition; stop fighting
yield - give in, as to influence or pressure
yield - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
yield - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
yield - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
yield - be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
yield - cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
yield - be fatally overwhelmed
yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
yield - end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

Noun
yield - an amount of a product
yield - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
yield - production of a certain amount
yield - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
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Examples of yields

#   Sentence  
1. noun Why do yields increase with herbicide-resistant varieties?
2. noun Constant effort yields sure success.
3. noun Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
4. noun Rage yields weapons.
5. noun We had extremely good yields this year.
6. noun Farmers today use technology not available to their forebears, to maximise yields from their crops and livestock.
7. noun Corn yields in the U.S. have increased fivefold over the past seventy years, thanks to advances in agricultural technology.
8. noun There is something inherently fascinating about science. Such a tiny investment in facts yields such a high return in predictions.
9. noun Climate change effects on agriculture will have consequences for food security, both in the U.S. and globally, through changes in crop yields and food prices and effects on food processing, storage, transportation, and retailing.
10. noun Satellites provide information that has a significant impact on fields such as meteorology and climate science, as well as agriculture, thus improving crop yields and extending our scientific knowledge of the earth.
11. noun A field yields corn and vegetables.
12. noun Yields of major U.S. crops (such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, and cotton) are expected to decline over this century as a consequence of increases in temperatures and possibly changes in water availability and disease and pest outbreaks.
13. noun Algerian farmers need to improve their crop yields.
14. noun Stock investments do not always yield profit.
15. noun How much wheat does each field yield?
16. verb A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.
17. verb He yields to nobody in love of music.
18. verb The investment now yields him 6%.
19. verb The land yields heavy crops.
20. verb The business will yields a fair return on the investment.
21. verb This farm yields enough vegetables to meet our needs.
22. verb This farm yields enough fruit to meet our needs.
23. verb This land yields a good crop of rice.
24. verb When refined, crude oil yields many products.
25. verb Rich soil yields good crops.
26. verb Our neighbor's ground yields better corn than our own.
27. verb percent strategy and 90 percent communication yields 100 percent team success.
28. verb First, faux research yields a faux answer to a clinical question. Then, faux education assures that doctors everywhere hear about it, so they can write millions of prescriptions based on the faux information. Bribes and kickbacks sometimes grease the skids.
29. verb A meadow yields grass, with flowers and herbs, which being cut, make hay.
30. verb The arms industry yields a profit but also suffering.
Sentence  
noun
Why do yields increase with herbicide-resistant varieties?
Constant effort yields sure success.
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Rage yields weapons.
We had extremely good yields this year.
Farmers today use technology not available to their forebears, to maximise yields from their crops and livestock.
Corn yields in the U.S. have increased fivefold over the past seventy years, thanks to advances in agricultural technology.
There is something inherently fascinating about science. Such a tiny investment in facts yields such a high return in predictions.
Climate change effects on agriculture will have consequences for food security, both in the U.S. and globally, through changes in crop yields and food prices and effects on food processing, storage, transportation, and retailing.
Satellites provide information that has a significant impact on fields such as meteorology and climate science, as well as agriculture, thus improving crop yields and extending our scientific knowledge of the earth.
A field yields corn and vegetables.
Yields of major U.S. crops (such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, and cotton) are expected to decline over this century as a consequence of increases in temperatures and possibly changes in water availability and disease and pest outbreaks.
Algerian farmers need to improve their crop yields.
Stock investments do not always yield profit.
How much wheat does each field yield?
verb
A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.
He yields to nobody in love of music.
The investment now yields him 6%.
The land yields heavy crops.
The business will yields a fair return on the investment.
This farm yields enough vegetables to meet our needs.
This farm yields enough fruit to meet our needs.
This land yields a good crop of rice.
When refined, crude oil yields many products.
Rich soil yields good crops.
Our neighbor's ground yields better corn than our own.
percent strategy and 90 percent communication yields 100 percent team success.
First, faux research yields a faux answer to a clinical question. Then, faux education assures that doctors everywhere hear about it, so they can write millions of prescriptions based on the faux information. Bribes and kickbacks sometimes grease the skids.
A meadow yields grass, with flowers and herbs, which being cut, make hay.
The arms industry yields a profit but also suffering.
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