Prepositions after verbs

Yield to, in, by, from or on?

Yield combines with different prepositions depending on whether you mean surrender, produce a result, or react to pressure.

Quick answer

Which preposition is used with yield?

Use yield to for surrendering or giving way. Yield from and yield by appear in technical or formal contexts. Yield in and yield on are usually separate adjunct phrases rather than fixed combinations.

Drivers must yield to pedestrians.
The experiment yielded useful data.
The reaction yielded gas from the solution.

Choose the pattern by meaning

These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.

yield to + person/pressure

Giving way or surrendering

To introduces the force, authority, or person that prevails.

He refused to yield to intimidation.

Traffic must yield to emergency vehicles.

yield by + amount

Showing change or measurement

By can indicate the amount of increase or result in technical or statistical writing.

Production yielded by an additional 5 percent after upgrades.

yield from + source

Producing something from a source

From introduces the origin of a result or material.

The process yielded fuel from plant waste.

yield in + context

Referring to place or category

In usually introduces a separate context, not a fixed pattern after yield.

The crop yielded poorly in dry conditions.

See the difference in context

The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.

Construction

Example

Meaning

yield to

She yielded to public pressure.

Give way, surrender, or comply.

yield in

Sales yielded little profit in rural areas.

In introduces a context or location, not a standard complement.

yield by

Output yielded by two percent after repairs.

Formal or technical use showing amount of change.

yield from

Researchers extracted oil yielded from algae.

Shows the source of the result or material.

yield on

The debate continued on taxation while neither side yielded.

On is usually linked to another part of the sentence, not directly selected by yield.

Common mistakes

Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.

Using in instead of to for surrender

Yield to is the standard expression for giving way.

✕ They yielded in the pressure. ✓ They yielded to the pressure.

Adding an unnecessary preposition

Yield can directly take an object when meaning produce.

✕ The farm yielded from a large harvest. ✓ The farm yielded a large harvest.

Using on as a direct complement

Yield on is not a normal fixed pattern.

✕ The company yielded on the demands. ✓ The company yielded to the demands.

Quick practice

Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.

1. Drivers should yield ___ pedestrians at crossings.

2. The experiment yielded valuable information ___ the samples.

3. The crops performed poorly ___ dry weather.

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Frequently asked questions

What does yield to mean?

It means to give way, surrender, or comply with someone or something.

Can yield be used without a preposition?

Yes. Yield often directly takes an object, as in The study yielded important results.

Is yield on correct English?

Not usually as a fixed verb-preposition combination. On normally belongs to another phrase in the sentence.

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