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deliver

Syllabification: (de·liv·er)
Pronunciation: /diˈlivər/
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Definition of deliver

verb

[with object]
  • 1bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or ordered goods) to the proper recipient or address:the products should be delivered on time [no object]:we’ll deliver direct to your door
  • formally hand over (someone):they would have delivered him to the Germans for vengeance
  • launch or aim (a blow, a ball, or an attack):the pitcher winds up to deliver the ball
  • provide (something promised or expected):he had been able to deliver votes in huge numbers she’s waiting for him to deliver on his promise
  • (deliver someone/something from) save, rescue, or set free from:deliver us from misery
  • (deliver someone/something up) surrender someone or something:to deliver up to justice a member of his own family
  • Law acknowledge that one intends to be bound by (a deed), either explicitly by declaration or implicitly by formal handover.
  • 2state in a formal manner:the President will deliver a speech he delivered himself of a sermon
  • (of a judge or court) give (a judgment or verdict):the judge delivered his verdict
  • 3assist in the birth of:the village midwife delivered the baby
  • give birth to:she will deliver a child
  • assist (a woman or animal) in giving birth:she has never been delivered of a foal that lived.

Phrases

deliver the goods

informal provide what is promised or expected.

Derivatives

deliveree

Pronunciation: /-ˌliv(ə)ˈrē/
noun

deliverer

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- 'away' + liberare 'set free'

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