yielding
Americanadjective
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inclined to give in; submissive; compliant.
a timid, yielding man.
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tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable.
a yielding mattress.
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(of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.
adjective
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compliant, submissive, or flexible
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pliable or soft
a yielding material
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of yielding
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English: “owing”; yield + -ing 2
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Example Sentences
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In Thursday trading U.S. 10-year bonds were yielding 4.83% and Nasdaq futures were indicating a lower open.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Neither project is close to fruition, or to yielding any economic benefits to Greenlanders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Unlike robots trained on video alone, this allows its AI to connect user actions to their consequences in virtual worlds, yielding a large action model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
As I peppered him with questions about the pink car and the Brinks armored truck, he remained cagey while slowly yielding information.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The pied-piping rule allows the what to pull the at with it to the front of the sentence, yielding At what are you looking?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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