YEEL-did
/ˈjildɪd/
yielded is pronounced YEEL-did (/ˈjildɪd/). Yielded is the past tense of yield, meaning to give way, surrender, or produce as a result. In pronunciation, it often appears as a two-syllable word with primary stress on the first syllable, blending the /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ vowels in casual speech. The final /d/ is voiced, and the word can sound like /ˈjiːldɪd/ in careful speech or /ˈjɪldə/ when reduced in connected speech.
Yielded is the past tense of yield, meaning to give way, surrender, or produce as a result. In pronunciation, it often appears as a two-syllable word with primary stress on the first syllable, blending the /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ vowels in casual speech. The final /d/ is voiced, and the word can sound like /ˈjiːldɪd/ in careful speech or /ˈjɪldə/ when reduced in connected speech.
"The dam yielded to pressure and released the water."
"The farmer yielded a rich harvest after the long season."
"The analysis yielded surprising results that changed the project plan."
Pronounce it as /ˈjiːldɪd/ in careful speech or /ˈjɪldəd/ in rapid, connected speech. The primary stress is on the first syllable. The first vowel is a long /iː/ or a short /ɪ/ depending on speaker; the second syllable reduces toward a schwa in casual speech. End with a voiced /d/. When pronouncing slowly, the sequence is /j/ + /iː/ + /l/ + /d/ + /ɪ/ + /d/. In continuous speech, you may hear /ˈjɪldəd/ with a reduced second vowel and a softer final /d/.
Common errors: (1) Treating it as two clear syllables with a full /ɪ/ in the second vowel, producing /ˈjɪl.ɪd/; (2) Misplacing stress, saying /ˈjɛldɪd/ or /ˈjiːldɪd/ with wrong length on the first vowel. Correction: keep primary stress on the first syllable with a clear /iː/ or /ɪ/ depending on the speaker, and reduce the second vowel to /ə/ or /ɪ/ in connected speech. Finally, avoid voiceless ending; ensure /d/ is voiced with a clear closure rather than a light tap.
US: tendency toward /ˈjiːldɪd/ with pronounced long /iː/ and clear /d/; second syllable often reduced in fast speech. UK: similar rhythm, but vowel can be shorter /ɪ/ in some dialects and final /ɪd/ can be realized as /ɪd/ with less diphthongization. AU: often more centralized vowels, the first vowel may be closer to /ɪ/ or /i/, with more pronounced schwa in the second syllable in fast speech. All three share the /ˈj/ onset and final /d/, but vowel length and reduction differ slightly.
Because it combines a tense onset with a potentially reduced vowel in the second syllable and a final voiced /d/. The main challenges are maintaining the strong, stressed first syllable (/ˈjiːl/ or /ˈjɪl/) while letting the second syllable relax to /dɪd/ or /dəd/ in connected speech, avoiding a clipped /d/ or a mispronounced second vowel.
Does the word 'yielded' ever function as a noun or have a noun form? No; 'yielded' is strictly the past tense form of the verb yield (to produce or to give way). The noun form would be 'yield' (for example, crop yield) or adjectival uses like 'yielded results' but not as a noun derived directly from the past tense.
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US: rhotic accent; /r/ is not phonemically present in yielded, but the /ˈjiːldɪd/ rhythm. UK: similar, with slightly shorter first vowel and less vowel length difference; AU: greater vowel centralization, possibly /ˈjɪldə/ in rapid speech. Vowel quality: US tends to a longer /iː/ before /l/; UK often a shorter /ɪ/ before /l/. All share a trailing /d/; final 'ed' pronounced as /d/ with a voiced stop. IPA references: US /ˈjiːldɪd/, UK /ˈjiːldɪd/, AU /ˈjɪldə/ with final /d/ in careful speech.
Yielded comes from the verb yield, which traces to Old English gieldan, gieldan (to pay, reward, produce). The proto-Germanic root *gieldaną encompassed meanings of paying, rewarding, or producing. Over time, the sense broadened from “to pay/produce” to “to give way” or “to yield ground,” reflecting both physical yielding (giving way) and output generation (yield as harvest or profit). In Middle English, yielded appeared as past tense flexible forms of yield, aligning with regular past tenses. The meaning evolved with usage in legal, agricultural, and mechanical senses—returning outputs, consequences, or concessions. By the 19th and 20th centuries, yielded also frequently described results of experiments or analyses, e.g., “the results yielded,” cementing its sense of produced or resulted content.
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