What does yielding mean?
Definitions for yielding
ˈyil dɪŋyield·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word yielding.
Princeton's WordNet
giving up, yielding, surrendernoun
a verbal act of admitting defeat
concession, conceding, yieldingadjective
the act of conceding or yielding
yieldingadjective
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
"a timid yielding person"
yieldingadjective
lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
"a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
yieldingadjective
tending to give in or surrender or agree
"too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington
Wiktionary
yieldingnoun
a concession
yieldingadjective
docile, or inclined to give way to pressure
ChatGPT
yielding
Yielding generally refers to giving way under force or pressure, or surrendering to a certain influence, demand or authority. It can also mean to produce or generate a particular result or product. The exact meaning can vary based on context.
Webster Dictionary
Yielding
of Yield
Yieldingadjective
inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
YIELDING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yielding is ranked #40856 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Yielding surname appeared 534 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yielding.
95.8% or 512 total occurrences were White.
1.6% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yielding in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yielding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of yielding in a Sentence
Vladimir Putin knows I know Vladimir Putin, and Vladimir Putin knows me. And the fact is that this is what is needed on day one, we're in trouble. We're in trouble. This President is shredding our alliances. This President is yielding to Vladimir Putin in ways that are obsequious.
The market was really hungry for rather high-yielding Russian risk, on the back of good credit quality, you can hardly find anything in the double-B rating category that will bring you 6-7( percent) in terms of yields.
In all too many cases, we have political correctness now becoming political craziness, students are making demands -- faculty, deans, presidents are yielding, resigning [to them]. At the very least, they hold meetings and conferences. We didn't do that. Student groups made more than a dozen literally crazy demands with no rational basis and our university ignored them and nothing has happened.
The IPO makes sense because it could allow Swiss Re to deploy capital to more higher yielding businesses like life and non-life reinsurance.
To the Iraqi protesters, the resignation( of Abdul Mahdi) in some parts is a welcome move in terms of the protests yielding some sort of result, but it's nowhere near enough in terms of the demands that protesters have.
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