deliver

de·liv·er  (d-lvr)

v. de·liv·ered, de·liv·er·ing, de·liv·ers

v.tr.

1. To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute: deliver groceries; deliver the mail.

2. To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over: delivered the criminal to the police.

3. To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party: campaign workers who delivered the ward for the mayor.

4. To throw or hurl: The pitcher delivered the ball.

5. To strike (a blow).

6. To express in words; declare or utter: deliver a lecture.

7.

a. To give birth to: She delivered a baby boy this morning.

b. To assist (a woman) in giving birth: The doctor delivered her of twins.

c. To assist or aid in the birth of: The midwife delivered the baby.

8. To give forth or produce: The oil well delivered only 50 barrels a day.

9. To set free, as from misery, peril, or evil: deliver a captive from slavery. See Synonyms at save¹.

v.intr.

1. To produce or achieve what is desired or expected; make good: The senator delivered on her pledge. He is a manager who just can't seem to deliver.

2. To give birth: She expects to deliver in late August.

Idiom:

deliver (oneself) of

To pronounce; utter: Before leaving I delivered myself of a few choice comments.

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[Middle English deliveren, from Old French delivrer, from Late Latin dlberre : Latin d-, de- + lberre, to free (from lber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots).]

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de·liver·a·bili·ty n.

de·liver·a·ble adj.

de·liver·er n.

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deliver [dɪˈlɪvə]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to carry (goods, etc.) to a destination, esp to carry and distribute (goods, mail, etc.) to several places to deliver letters our local butcher delivers

2. (often foll by over or up) to hand over, transfer, or surrender

3. (often foll by from) to release or rescue (from captivity, harm, corruption, etc.)

4. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) (also intr)

a.  to aid in the birth of (offspring)

b.  to give birth to (offspring)

c.  (usually foll by of) to aid or assist (a female) in the birth (of offspring)

d.  (passive; foll by of) to give birth (to offspring)

5. (Literature / Rhetoric) to utter or present (a speech, oration, idea, etc.)

6. short for deliver the goods: see sense 11, below

7. to utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) to deliver a cry of exultation

8. to discharge or release (something, such as a blow or shot) suddenly

9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Chiefly US to cause (voters, constituencies, etc.) to support a given candidate, cause, etc. can you deliver the Bronx?

deliver oneself of to speak with deliberation or at length to deliver oneself of a speech

deliver the goods Informal to produce or perform something promised or expected

[from Old French delivrer, from Late Latin dēlīberāre to set free, from Latin de- + līberāre to free]

deliverable  adj

deliverability  n

deliverer  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	deliver - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" present mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" speechify - make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion"
	2.	deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" misdeliver - deliver to the wrong address swear out, process, serve - deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff" unload, drop off, put down, set down, discharge, drop - leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" consign - send to an address
	3.	deliver - to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, render hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" bail - deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period give away - formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
	4.	deliver - free from harm or evil rescue salvage, salve, save, relieve - save from ruin, destruction, or harm reprieve - relieve temporarily bring through, carry through, pull through, save - bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"
	5.	deliver - hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" extradite, deport expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" repatriate - send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
	6.	deliver - pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" render, return communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
	7.	deliver - utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	8.	deliver - save from sins redeem, save organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
	9.	deliver - carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" drive home give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" land - deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
	10.	deliver - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" cede, surrender, give up gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" yield up - surrender, as a result of pressure or force sell - give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" sign away, sign over - formally assign ownership of; "She signed away her rights"
	11.	deliver - throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" pitch throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	12.	deliver - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" birth, give birth, bear, have twin - give birth to twins drop - give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" foal - give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled" cub - give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year" kitten - have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year" lamb - give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed" litter - give birth to a litter of animals pup, whelp - birth; "the dog whelped" farrow, pig - give birth; "sows farrow" fawn - have fawns; "deer fawn" have young, calve - birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" produce, bring forth - bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

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deliver

verb

1. bring, take, carry, bear, transport, distribute, convey, cart The pizza will be delivered in 20 minutes.

2. fulfil, provide, give, produce, supply, carry out, discharge, impart Don't promise what you can't deliver.

3. (sometimes with up) hand over, present, commit, give up, yield, surrender, turn over, relinquish, make over He was led in handcuffs and delivered over to me.

4. give, read, present, announce, publish, declare, proclaim, pronounce, utter, give forth He will deliver a speech about schools.

5. strike, give, deal, launch, throw, direct, aim, administer, inflict A single blow had been delivered to the head.

6. (Dated) release, free, save, rescue, loose, discharge, liberate, acquit, redeem, ransom, emancipate I thank God for delivering me from that pain.

7. throw, send, launch, direct, aim, cast, pitch, toss Our bowler steamed in to deliver the first ball of the match.

Translations

deliver [dɪˈlɪvəʳ]

A. VT

1. (= hand over) [+ goods] → entregar (to a) [+ mail] → repartir; [+ message] → llevar, comunicar
he delivered me home safely → me acompañó hasta casa, me dejó en casa
he delivered the goods (fig) → cumplió or hizo lo que se esperaba de él

2. (o.f.) (= save) → librar (from de) deliver us from evil → líbranos del mal

3. (= give) [+ speech, verdict] → pronunciar; [+ lecture] → dar
to deliver an ultimatum → dar un ultimátum

4. (= throw) [+ blow, punch] → asestar, dar; [+ ball, missile] → lanzar

5. (= surrender, hand over) (also deliver up, deliver over) → entregar (to a) to deliver a town (up or over) into the hands of the enemy → entregar una ciudad al enemigo
to deliver o.s. up → entregarse (to a)

6. (Med) [+ baby] → asistir en el parto de
Doctor Hamilton delivered the twins → el Doctor Hamilton asistió en el parto de los gemelos
she was delivered of a child (o.f., frm) → dio a luz(a)un niño

7. to deliver o.s. of (frm) [+ speech] → pronunciar; [+ opinion] → expresar; [+ remark] → hacer(con solemnidad)

B. VI

1. (Comm) "we deliver" → (servicio de)entrega a domicilio

2. → cumplir lo prometido
the match promised great things but didn't deliver → el partido prometía mucho, pero no estuvo a la altura de lo que se esperaba

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deliver [dɪˈlɪvə^r]

vt

[postman] [+ mail] → distribuer

[+ goods, newspaper] → livrer
I deliver newspapers → Je livre les journaux.
to deliver the goods (fig) → tenir ses promesses

[+ message] → remettre

[+ speech, verdict] → prononcer
to deliver a verdict → prononcer un verdict

[+ warning, ultimatum] → lancer

to deliver results → obtenir des résultats

(= free) → délivrer
to deliver sb from sth (= release) → délivrer qn de qch, libérer qn de qch

[+ baby] → faire naître

(= hand over) [+ person] to be delivered into sb's care → être confié(e) aux soins de qn
to be delivered into sb's hands → être remis(e) entre les mains de qn

[+ blow] → assener
to deliver a blow to sth (= hit) → assener un coup à qch

vi (= produce results) [person, company, organization] → tenir ses promesses
to fail to deliver → ne pas tenir ses promesses
to deliver on sth [+ promise] → se montrer à la hauteur de qch

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deliver

vt

goods → liefern; note, message → zustellen, überbringen; (on regular basis) papers etc → zustellen; (on foot) → austragen; (by car) → ausfahren; to deliver something to somebody → jdm etw liefern/überbringen/zustellen; he delivered the goods to the door → er lieferte die Waren ins Haus; delivered free of charge → frei Haus (geliefert); to deliver somebody/something into somebody’s care → jdn/etw in jds Obhut (acc) → geben; to deliver the goods (fig inf) → es bringen (sl), → es schaffen

(liter: = rescue) → befreien; deliver us from evil (Bibl) → erlöse uns von dem Übel or Bösen

(= pronounce) speech, sermon, lecture → halten; ultimatum → stellen; verdict → sprechen, verkünden; warning → aussprechen

(Med) baby → zur Welt bringen; (old) woman → entbinden; to be delivered of a son (old) → eines Jungen genesen (old)

(= hand over: also deliver up) → aushändigen, übergeben; to deliver a town into the hands of the enemy → eine Stadt dem Feind ausliefern ? stand

(= aim, throw) blow → versetzen, landen (inf); ball → werfen; Ali delivered a punch to Bugner’s jaw → Ali landete einen Schlag an Bugners Kinn (inf); to deliver a broadside → eine Breitseite abfeuern

vi

(lit) → liefern

(fig inf: = be good enough) → es bringen (sl); they didn’t deliver → sie brachtens nicht (sl)

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deliver [dɪˈlɪvəʳ] vt

a. (goods) → consegnare; (letter, parcel) → recapitare, consegnare
he delivered me home safely → mi ha portato a casa sano e salvo
to deliver a message → dare un messaggio
he delivered the goods (fig) (fam) → ha fatto quel che doveva fare

b. (speech, sermon, verdict) → pronunciare; (lecture) → tenere, fare; (ultimatum) → dare; (blow, punch) → tirare

c. (subj, doctor, midwife, baby) → far nascere

d. (old) (rescue) to deliver (from) → liberare (da)

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deliver [dɪˈlɪvəʳ] vt

a. (goods) → consegnare; (letter, parcel) → recapitare, consegnare
he delivered me home safely → mi ha portato a casa sano e salvo
to deliver a message → dare un messaggio
he delivered the goods (fig) (fam) → ha fatto quel che doveva fare

b. (speech, sermon, verdict) → pronunciare; (lecture) → tenere, fare; (ultimatum) → dare; (blow, punch) → tirare

c. (subj, doctor, midwife, baby) → far nascere

d. (old) (rescue) to deliver (from) → liberare (da)

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deliver

v deliver [diˈlivə]

1 to give or hand over (something) to the person for whom it is intended The postman delivers letters. aflewer, afgee يُسَلِّم доставям doručit levere; omdele überbringen,liefern παραδίδω κτ. σε κπ. entregar, dar, repartir kätte toimetama تحویل دادن؛ رساندن toimittaa livrer לִמסוֹר पत्रादि पहुंचा देना dostaviti kézbesít mengantarkan afhenda; bera út consegnare 配達する 배달하다 pristatyti piegādāt (preces); iznēsāt (pastu); nodot (ziņojumu) hantarkan bezorgen (av)levere, gi videre, bringe ut dostarczać entregar a (pre)da доставлять doručiť dostaviti dostaviti dela ut, överlämna, leverera ส่ง dağıtmak 投遞 розносити; доставляти تقسیم کرنا ، حوالے کرنا giao 投递

2 to give He delivered a long speech. lewer يُلْقي خِطابا أو مُحاضَرَةً давам pronést give; holde halten εκφωνώ pronunciar (kõnet) pidama ایراد کردن؛ کردن pitää prononcer להעביר देना održati govor, izreći előad, tart mengucapkan flytja í mæltu máli pronunciare する (연설 등을) 하다 pasakyti, perskaityti teikt (runu); nolasīt (lekciju) sampaikan uitspreken holde wygłaszać fazer a rosti произносить predniesť imeti (govor) održati framföra, hålla พูดสุนทรพจน์ vermek 發表 виголошувати; читати پیش کرنا trình bày 发表

3 to assist (a woman) at the birth of (a child) The doctor delivered the twins safely. bevry يُوَلِّد، تُوَلِّد израждам pomáhat při porodu hjælpe til verden entbinden ξεγεννώ asistir en el parto de, atender en el parto de (last) ilmale aitama زایاندن؛ در وضع حمل به مادر کمک کردن avustaa synnytyksessä accoucher לְיָלֵד प्रसुति में मदद करना poroditi szülést levezet membantu persalinan taka á móti aiutare a nascere 出産を助ける 출산하다 priimti (naujagimį) saņemt bērnu (dzemdībās) selamatkan verlossen ta imot, hjelpe til verden odbierać assistir ao parto a moşi принимать роды pomáhať pri pôrode pomagati (pri porodu) poroditi förlösa ช่วยทำคลอด doğum yaptırmak, doğurtmak 為(產婦)接生 приймати новонародженого جنوانا đỡ đẻ 给（产妇）接生

n deˈlivery

1 (an act of) handing over (letters, parcels etc) There are two parcel deliveries a week. aflewering, lewering تَسْليم доставка dodávka, doručení levering; udbringning die Lieferung παράδοση (π.χ. γράμματος) entrega, reparto kättetoimetamine تحویل؛ ارائه toimitus livraison מְסִירָה प्रदत्त dostava,isporuka átadás, kézbesítés pengiriman útburður consegna 配達 배달 pristatymas (preču) piegāde; (pasta) iznēsāšana; (ziņu) nodošana penghantaran bestelling (av)levering, utbringing dostawa entrega livrare доставка dodávka dostava dostava leverans, överlämnande, utdelning การส่ง teslimat, dağıtım 傳送 доставляння; відправлення خطوط وغیرہ کی باقاعدہ تقسیم sự giao thư, hàng 传送

2 the process of the birth of a child the delivery of the twins. geboorte وِلادَه، وَضْع израждане porod fødsel; nedkomst die Entbindung τοκετός parto, alumbramiento ilmaletoomine زایمان؛ وضع حمل syntymä accouchement לֵידָה प्रसूति porod szülés kelahiran barnsfæðing parto 出産 출산 gimdymas, gimimas dzemdības bersalin verlossing fødsel, nedkomst poród parto moşire роды pôrod porod porođaj förlossning, nedkomst การคลอดลูก doğum 分娩 роди, пологи بچے جنوائی کی کارروائی quá trình sinh đẻ 分娩

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deliver → يُسَلِم roznést aflevere liefern παραδίδω entregar toimittaa livrer dostaviti consegnare 配達する (...에 ...을) 전하다 leveren levere dostarczyć entregar доставлять leverera ส่งมอบ teslim etmek phát 交付