English Explanatory Dictionary

deliver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To set free from restraint or danger.
Senses having to do with birth.
To assist in the birth of.
To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
To give birth to.
To free from or disburden of anything.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
To produce what is expected or required.
To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
To discover; to show.

adj

Capable, agile, or active.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/ /dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/ En-us-deliver.ogg /ˈɖɛlɪvə(r)/

Word forms

deliver delivers delivering delivered delivre deliever more deliver most deliver

Etymology

From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).

Synonyms

free liberate release loose rid outbring come through come up with the goods utter

Derived words

codeliver deliverability deliverable deliverance deliveree deliverer deliveress deliverly deliverness deliverology deliver over into deliver over to deliver the goods deliver the message to Garcia deliver up deliver up to delivery hand-deliver hand deliver misdeliver outdeliver overdeliver predeliver redeliver self-deliver stand and deliver undeliverability underdeliver

Translations

French: tenir ses promesses French: tenir parole Hungarian: beváltja a reményeket (hozzá fűzött) Hungarian: teljesíti az elvárásokat Hungarian: hozza az elvárt eredményt Japanese: 沿う・添う Japanese: 応じる Japanese: 応ずる Japanese: …を果たす Portuguese: concretizar

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