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yield
verb [T] (PRODUCE) /jiːld/Definition
C2 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.Creating and producingInventing, designing and innovation
(Definition of yield verb (PRODUCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bear fruit idiom
- bring sth out phrasal verb (PRODUCE)
- churn sth out phrasal verb
- cobble sth together phrasal verb
- conjure sth up phrasal verb (CREATE)
- craft verb
- engineer verb (BUILD)
- generate verb (MAKE ENERGY)
- making noun
- man-made adjective
- mass-produce verb
- on the go idiom
- overproduce verb
- raise verb (EXIST)
- shape verb (FORM)
- spin sth off phrasal verb (PRODUCT)
- stitch sth together phrasal verb
- tailor verb
- throw sth together phrasal verb
- toss sth off phrasal verb
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