English Dictionary
Definition of “deliver”
deliver (dɪˈlɪvə
)
Definitions
verb (mainly tr)
- 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
- over or up to hand over, transfer, or surrender
- (often foll by from) to release or rescue (from captivity, harm, corruption, etc)
- (also intr)
- to aid in the birth of (offspring)
- to give birth to (offspring)
- (usually foll by of) to aid or assist (a female) in the birth (of offspring)
- (passive) of to give birth (to offspring)
- to utter or present (a speech, oration, idea, etc)
- deliver the goods See deliver (sense 11)
- to utter (an exclamation, noise, etc) ⇒
to deliver a cry of exultation
- to discharge or release (something, such as a blow or shot) suddenly
- mainly US to cause (voters, constituencies, etc) to support a given candidate, cause, etc ⇒
can you deliver the Bronx?
- See deliver oneself of
- See deliver the goods
Alternative Forms
deˈliverable adjective deˌliveraˈbility noun deˈliverer noun Word Origin
C13: from Old French delivrer, from Late Latin dēlīberāre to set free, from Latin de- + līberāre to free
Synonyms
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release,
free,
save,
rescue,
loose,
discharge,
liberate,
acquit,
redeem,
ransom,
emancipate,
Translations
- British English:
deliver
If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.The government plans to deliver more food to southern Somalia.dɪˈlɪvə VERB The government plans to deliver more food to southern Somalia.
- Spanish:
entregar
v
- French:
livrer
vt
- German:
liefern
v
- Chinese: 交付 vt
- Arabic: يُسَلِّمُ vt
- Portuguese: entregar vt
- Russian: доставлять vt
- Croatian: dostaviti v
- Czech: roznést vt roznášet
- Danish: aflevere v
- Dutch: leveren vt
- Finnish: toimittaa v
- Greek: παραδίδω v
- Italian: consegnare v
- Japanese: 配達する v
- Korean: (...에 ...을) 전하다 vt
- Norwegian: levere v
- Polish: dostarczyć vt dostarczać
- Brazilian Portuguese: entregar vt
- European Spanish:
entregar
v
- Swedish: leverera vt
- Thai: ส่งมอบ vt
- Turkish: teslim etmek vt
- Vietnamese: phát v
Usage examples
To have been able to deliver such wonderful news to his lady was more than he could have hoped for in this dreadful place.
Jennifer Fallon, TREASON KEEP (2001)Unlike some places (and cousins) who promise much but deliver little, Bovey Castle is the real thing.
Country Life (2005)They said they wanted the Pope to refuse the resignation of Dr Comiskey who was to travel to Rome to deliver it this week.
Irish Times (2002)Should he deliver England a World Cup finals berth, we will adopt him.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Yet I recognise you have to deliver such information in a very truncated form, at a pace which matches the flow of passengers.
Christopher Ross, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
