deliver

[dih-liv-er] /dɪˈlɪv ər/
verb (used with object)
1.
to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients:
to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
2.
to give into another's possession or keeping; surrender:
to deliver a prisoner to the police; to deliver a bond.
3.
to bring (votes) to the support of a candidate or a cause.
4.
to give forth in words; utter or pronounce:
to deliver a verdict; to deliver a speech.
5.
to give forth or emit:
The oil well delivers 500 barrels a day.
6.
to strike or throw:
to deliver a blow.
7.
to set free or liberate:
The Israelites were delivered from bondage.
8.
to release or save:
Deliver me from such tiresome people!
9.
to assist (a female) in bringing forth young:
The doctor delivered her of twins.
10.
to assist at the birth of:
The doctor delivered the baby.
11.
to give birth to:
She delivered twins at 4 a.m.
12.
to disburden (oneself) of thoughts, opinions, etc.
13.
to make known; assert.
verb (used without object)
14.
to give birth.
15.
to provide a delivery service for goods and products:
The store delivers free of charge.
16.
to do or carry out as promised:
an ad agency known for delivering when a successful campaign is needed.
adjective
17.
Archaic. agile; quick.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English delivren < Old French delivrer < Late Latin dēlīberāre to set free, equivalent to dē- de- + līberāre to liberate
Related forms
deliverer, noun
misdeliver, verb (used with object)
outdeliver, verb (used with object)
predeliver, verb (used with object)
undelivered, adjective
well-delivered, adjective
Synonyms
1. hand over, transfer, cede, yield. 4. communicate, announce, proclaim, publish. 7. emancipate, release. 8. redeem, rescue.
Antonyms
7. confine.
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  • Meals were delivered to the inmates and they ate in their cells.
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  • They overhauled two balky instruments, delivered two new ones and installed new gyroscopes and batteries.
  • The walls were hung with framed collages of the hundreds of babies he'd delivered.
  • The weekly science journals pile up, as do the news releases delivered by mail, electronic or snail.
  • Two year later, the batch of mail was found and delivered.
British Dictionary definitions for delivered

deliver

/dɪˈlɪvə/
verb (mainly transitive)
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.
(also intransitive)
  1. to aid in the birth of (offspring)
  2. to give birth to (offspring)
  3. (usually foll by of) to aid or assist (a female) in the birth (of offspring)
  4. (passive) foll by of. to give birth (to offspring)
5.
to utter or present (a speech, oration, idea, etc)
6.
deliver the goods See deliver (sense 11)
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.
(mainly US) to cause (voters, constituencies, etc) to support a given candidate, cause, etc: can you deliver the Bronx?
10.
deliver oneself of, to speak with deliberation or at length: to deliver oneself of a speech
11.
(informal) deliver the goods, to produce or perform something promised or expected
Derived Forms
deliverable, adjective
deliverability, noun
deliverer, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Old French delivrer, from Late Latin dēlīberāre to set free, from Latin de- + līberāre to free
Word Origin and History for delivered

deliver

v.

c.1200, "save, rescue, set free, liberate," from Old French delivrer "to set free; remove; save, preserve; hand over (goods)," also used of childbirth, from Late Latin deliberare, from de- "away" (see de-) + Latin liberare "to free" (see liberal (adj.)).

Childbirth sense in English, "to bring (a woman) to childbirth," is from c.1300. Sense of "hand over, give, give up, yield" is c.1300. in English, which brings it in opposition to its root. Meaning "project, throw" is 1590s. Related: Delivered; delivering.

delivered in Medicine

deliver de·liv·er (dĭ-lĭv'ər)
v. de·liv·ered, de·liv·er·ing, de·liv·ers

  1. To assist a woman in giving birth to a baby.

  2. To extract something from an enclosed place, as a foreign body or a tumor.

Slang definitions & phrases for delivered

deliver

v,v phr

To perform successfully, esp after promising; come through: It's a very tough assignment, but he thinks he can deliver/ He talks big, but can he deliver the goods? (1909+)


Idioms and Phrases with delivered

deliver

In addition to the idiom beginning with deliver also see: signed, sealed, and delivered